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MRS.  FLORA  ADAMS  BARLING, A;M. 


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I  dedicate  Memories  of  Virginia 


Daughters  of  the  New  York  State 

Chapters   Founders   and 

Patriots  of  America 

and  its  President 

Mrs.   LeRoy   Sunderland   Smith, 

Sponsors  of  the  Warden's  Pew   and 

Donors  of  the  Matthews  Tablet 

to 

Bruton    Church 

Williamsburgh,  Virginia 

In  memory  of  Jamestown 

1607-1907 

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Memories  of  Virginia 

A  SOUVENIR  OF  FOUNDING  DAYS 


By 

MRS.    FLORA    ADAMS    DARLING,    A.  M. 

Founder  or  the  National  Societies 

Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution 
Daughters  of  the  Revolution 

AND 

United  States  Daughters  1812 


Copyright,  1907,  B.  8.  Adams 


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INTRODUCTION 

to 

Memories    of   Virginia 

Based  on  English  Records  of 
The  Settlement  of  Virginia 


When  the  permanent  settlement  of  James- 
town was  made,  1607,  the  entire  British  pos- 
sessions in  North  America  bore  the  name  Vir- 
ginia, named  by  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  when  the 
successful  expedition  under  his  direction  first 
discovered  the  Capes,  and  the  Island  of 
Roanoke. 

Later  King  James  granted  charter  to  two 
separate  companies — called  the  London  and 
Plymouth  Companies — "for  settling  Colonies 
of  America." 

The  London  Company  sent  Capt.  Christo- 
pher Newport  to  Virginia  December  20,  1606, 
with  a  colony  of  one  hundred  and  five  persons 
to  commence  settlement  on  the  Island  of  Roa- 
noke— now  in  North  Carolina,  the  land  dis- 
covered by  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  and  his  brother- 
in-law,  Gilbert,  1585. 

The  fleet  of  three  ships,  Sarah  Constant, 
Discovery,  and  God  Speed,  through  wind  and 
tide  were  driven  north  of  their  place  of  destina- 
tion and  entered  Chesapeake  Bay,  where  a 
beautiful  peninsula  was  discovered  and  where 
the  settlement  of  Jamestown  was  commenced, 

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May  13,  1607.  The  first  permanent  settle- 
ment of  the  country  was  called  Jamestown  in 
honor  of  King  James,  and  made  the  center 
point  of  the  New  World  possession. 

The  Colony  passed  through  many  trials  and 
vicissitudes,  alternating  between  hope  and  fear, 
courage  and  discouragement,  until  the  year 
1 619,  when  affairs  had  progressed  and  plans 
culminated  to  justify  the  first  form  of  govern- 
ment that  was  established  and  the  first  legis- 
lative council  convened  under  the  guiding  hand 
of  Governor  Yeardley.  The  Council  was  called 
General  Assembly.  It  was  created  to  assist 
the  Governor  in  the  affairs  of  the  Colony,  and 
to  stand  united  against  the  enemy  of  the  white 
man. 

The  Council  and  two  burgesses,  out  of  every 
Hundred  or  Plantation,  to  be  chosen  by  the 
inhabitants  to  make  up  the  General  Assembly 
— "to  decide  all  matters  by  the  greatest  num- 
ber of  voices,"  but  the  Governor  to  have  nega- 
tive voice;  to  have  power  to  make  orders  and 
acts  necessary  "to  imitate  the  policy  of  the 
form  of  government,  laws,  customs,  manner  of 
trial  and  other  administration  of  justice  used 
in  England,  and  set  forth  by  their  letters  of 
patents.  No  law  to  continue  or  be  in  force  till 
ratified  by  a  Quarter  Court  to  be  held  in  Eng- 
land and  returned  under  seal." 

But,  "After  the  Colony  is  well  framed  and 
settled,  no  order  of  Quarter  Court  in  England 
shall  bind  until  ratified  by  the  General  As- 
sembly." 

Governer  Wyatt  succeeded  Yeardley,  who 
returned  to  England. 

The  following  instructions,  under  seal  of 
crown  dated  July  24,  1621,  sent  to  Governor 

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Wyatt  by  King  James  gave  the  basis  of  gov- 
ernment, and  Virginians  were  satisfied  with 
conditions  that  pointed  to  assured  Progress  and 
Prosperity. 

Instructions  "To  keep  up  religion  of  the 
Church  of  England  as  near  as  may  be;  to  be 
obedient  to  the  King  and  to  do  justice  after 
the  form  of  the  laws  of  England;  and  not 
injure  the  natives,  and  to  forget  all  old  quar- 
rels now  buried." 

"Not  to  permit  any  but  the  Council  and 
heads  of  Hundreds  to  wear  gold  on  their 
clothes,  or  to  wear  silk  till  they  make  it  them- 
selves." 

"The  Council  to  take  care  of  every  planta- 
tion upon  the  death  of  their  chief;  to  sow 
great  quantities  of  corn  for  their  own  use;  to 
support  the  multitudes  to  be  sent  yearly;  to 
keep  cows,  swine,  poultry,  and  as  to  raising 
staple  commodities,  the  chief  officers  ought  to 
set  example  and  to  aim  at  the  establishment 
of  the  Colony." 

"To  make  discoveries  along  the  coast  for 
fishery  between  the  James  River  and  Cape  Cod. 
And  lastly,  to  see  that  the  Earl  of  Pembroke's 
thirty  thousand  acres  be  very  good." 

"The  Governor  and  Council  to  appoint 
proper  times  for  administration  of  justice  and 
provide  for  the  entertainment  of  the  Council 
during  their  session ;  to  be  together  one  whole 
month  about  State  affairs  and  law  suits ;  to 
keep  register  of  the  acts  of  Quarter  Session, 
and  send  home  copies." 

"The  Governor  only  to  summon  the  Coun- 
cil, and  sign  warrants  and  execute  or  give  au- 
thority to  execute  Council  orders,  except  in 
cases  that  do  belong  to  the  Marshall,  Treasurer, 

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or  deputies,  the  Governor  to  have  absolute 
authority  to  determine  and  punish  all  contempt 
of  authority,  except  the  Councillors,  who  are 
to  be  tried  at  the  Quarter  Sessions  and  cen- 
sured, the  Governor  to  have  but  the  casting 
voice  in  Council  or  Court,  but  in  the  Assem- 
bly a  negative  voice." 

"The  Governor  to  administer  the  following 
oath  to  the  Council : 

"You  shall  swear  to  be  a  true,  faithful  ser- 
vant unto  the  King's  Majesty,  as  one  of  his 
Council  for  Virginia.  You  shall  in  all  things 
to  be  moved,  treated  and  debated  in  that 
Council  concerning  Virginia  or  any  of  the 
territories  of  America  between  the  degrees  of 
thirty-four  and  forty-five  from  the  equinoc- 
tial line  northward  or  the  trade  thereof, 
faithfully  and  truly  declare  your  mind  and 
opinion  according  to  your  heart  and  con- 
science, and  shall  keep  secret  all  matters  com- 
mitted and  revealed  to  you  concerning  the 
same,  and  that  shall  be  treated  secretly  in  that 
Council  or  this  Council  of  Virginia;  and  pub- 
lication shall  not  be  made  thereof;  and  upon 
all  matters  of  importance  before  you  resolve 
thereupon  you  shall  make  his  Majesty's  privy 
council  acquainted  therewith,  and  follow  their 
directions  therein." 

"You  shall  to  your  utmost  bear  faith  and 
allegiance  to  the  King's  majesty,  his  heirs  and 
lawful  successors,  and  shall  assist  and  defend 
jurisdictions  and  authorities  granted  unto  his 
Majesty  and  annext  unto  the  Crown,  against 
all  foreign  princes,  persons,  prelates  or  poten- 
tates whatsoever,  be  it  by  act  of  Parliament 
or  otherwise,  and  generally  in  all  things  you 
shall  be  as   a  faithful  and  true  servant  and 

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subject  ought  to  do.  So  help  you  God  and  the 
holy  contents  of  this  Book." 

The  Instructions  were  intended  as  the  gen- 
eral principles  for  the  Government  of  the  Col- 
ony ;  but  before  practically  employed  peace  and 
tranquillity  was  changed  into  a  period  of  de- 
vastation and  mourning.  A  concerted  attack 
on  the  settlements  by  the  Indians  destroyed  in 
one  hour,  and  almost  in  the  same  instant,  347 
persons  who  were  incapable  of  making  re- 
sistance. The  Massacre  of  Jamestown  on 
March  22,  1622,  stands  recorded  as  "the  most 
bloody"  in  the  annals  of  our  country,  when 
each  plantation  was  attacked  at  a  given  hour 
and  signal,  and  every  door  post  was  marked 
with  blood. 

After  the  Massacre  of  Jamestown,  King 
James  appointed  Colonel  Matthews  one  of 
three  Commissioners  to  visit  Virginia  "to 
report  the  true  condition  of  the  London 
Company,  of  which  he  had  much  prejudice  and 
greatly  desired  to  revoke  the  charter,  to  dis- 
solve the  Companies  and  take  Virginia  affairs 
into  his  own  hands."  To  the  date  of  the  Mas- 
sacre, the  London  Company,  composed  of  the 
nobility  of  England,  held  under  rights  of  char- 
ter, granted  by  King  James,  1606,  the  absolute 
power  of  control  in  Virginia,  to  manage  af- 
fairs without  interference  of  Crown,  the  ap- 
pointment of  sole  and  absolute  Governor  by 
the  Company,  and  all  Deputy  Governors. 
Lord  Delaware  was  soon  after  appointed  by 
the  Company  Governor-General  of  Virginia. 
He  gave  satisfaction  and  his  death  was  much 
regretted  1618. 

Yeardley  succeeded  him  and  the  Colony 
prospered    under  his   regime.     He   called   the 

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First  Assembly  1619,  each  plantation  to  be 
represented  by  two  burgesses  that  seemed  sat- 
isfactory, but  the  Governors  of  the  Colony 
found  England  a  more  desirable  residence  than 
Virginia,  and  much  was  left  to  Deputies,  and 
the  spirit  of  unrest  was  apparently  growing 
with  the  Indians  and  much  discontent  felt  with 
the  settlers,  when  the  Massacre  of  1622 
aroused  England  to  decided  action. 

Then  the  King  revoked  Charters  and  "took 
affairs  into  his  own  hands."  Col.  Samuel 
Matthews  was  commissioned  by  the  Crown  to 
proceed  to  Virginia  "to  report  conditions," 
which  he  did,  1622. 

A  man  like  Matthews  was  a  Godsend  to 
King  James.  He  was  a  Royalist  and  Loyalist, 
well  fitted  to  represent  the  Crown  as  a  Special 
Commissioner,  and  no  doubt  his  finding  of  facts 
gave  satisfaction  to  the  King. 

Upon  his  return  to  England  "the  King  ap- 
pointed Col.  Samuel  Matthews,  of  Essex, 
England,  commander-in-chief  under  the 
Crown,  "to  seize,  occupy  and  hold  Virginia," 
which  he  did. 

Governor  Yeardley  died  1627.  Wyatt, 
Harvey,  Bennett  and  Diggs  succeeded  as 
Governors  of  Jamestown ;  Matthews  Com- 
mander-in-chief at  Point  Comfort  Fort  under 
the  king,  with  absolute  military  power. 
Colonel  Matthews  made  his  headquarters 
on  the  present  site  of  Fortress  Monroe, 
at  that  date  named  Fort  Percy  in  honor  of  the 
first  President  of  Smith's  Mariners,  a  pioneer 
from  Northumberland,  England. 

When  Colonel  Matthews  took  possession  the 
Fort  was  little  more  than  a  stockade,  but  he 
recognized  the  commanding  position    of    the 

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Point  as  the  gateway  of  Virginia,  and  repaired 
it  for  permanent  use,  where  all  new  arrivals  to 
Virginia  had  to  first  report ;  then  pay  64  pounds 
of  tobacco  for  its  maintenance,  not  only  mak- 
ing it  the  first  custom  house,  but  a  financial 
success,  and  later,  1632,  he  rebuilt  and  made 
it  a  fortress. 

At  this  period  Colonel  Matthews  was  thirty 
years  of  age,  and  the  "King's  Representa- 
tive," was  evidently  a  favorite  at  Court." 
He  was  not  only  Captain-General  "to  found 
and  hold  counties,"  but  in  1624  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Royal  Commission  that  was  ap- 
pointed by  King  James  the  year  before  his 
death,  when  the  Company  was  abolished  and 
the  Royal  Government  established  known  as 
the  Royal  Council. 

The  Royal  Councillors  included  Yeardley, 
former  Governor;  Sandys,  head  of  the  Com- 
pany; Matthews,  Percy,  Harvey,  Smith, 
Hamor,  Madison,  Martin  and  Claybourne,  Sec- 
retary of  the  Council.  To  be  a  member  of  the 
Royal  Council  was  an  order  of  nobility 
in  Virginia,  and  the  title  of  Colonel  to  desig- 
nate distinction.  By  right  of  his  official  posi- 
tion Colonel  Matthews  was  a  Royal  Coun- 
cillor, member  of  the  General  Court,  the 
House  of  Burgesses;  and  Director  General  of 
Surveyors  and  Commander-in-chief  of  the 
forces.  History  enumerates  the  above  distinc- 
tions and  closes  with  the  following:  "Colonel 
Matthews  held  every  important  office  in  the 
Colony  from  1622  to  1660. 

The  Royal  Councillors  enjoyed  the  confi- 
dence of  the  King  and  Colony.  History  says : 
"Matthews'  reports  as  Chief  Councillor  were 
loyal  and  reliable,"   and  progress  was  estab- 

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lished.  King  James  died  1625,  King  Charles 
took  Virginia  affairs  into  his  own  hands.  The 
London  Company  was  abolished,  the  Vir- 
ginia Charter  declared  null  and  void.  The  new 
King  gave  more  power  to  the  Royal  Coun- 
cillors, and  to  Matthews  he  gave  the  same  con- 
fidence his  father  had  awarded  "The  King's 
Commissioner,"  and  designated  him  "The 
Guardian  of  Virginia." 

This  Great  Pioneer  of  Results,  one  of  a  fam- 
ily of  many  shields  and  quarterings,  was  true 
to  the  motto  of  his  race. 

"Every  soil  is  native  land  to  the  hero."  He 
was  destined  to  organize  and  carry  a  colony 
through  perilous  trials;  a  man  who  organized 
fourteen  counties  on  the  James  River,  and 
through  union  of  the  counties  he  laid  the  Arch 
of  the  Dominion,  the  cornerstone  of  the  United 
States.  The  Church  made  Jamestown,  James- 
town made  the  counties,  the  counties  made 
Virginia,  Virginia  made  the  Colonies,  the  Col- 
onies made  the  United  States  Republic  of 
America. 

The  early  history  of  the  Dominion  and  rec- 
ords of  the  British  pioneers  are  better  known 
in  England  than  America,  but  this  tercenten- 
nial year  of  our  nation's  birth  has  awakened 
interest  in  the  founding  days  of  our  country, 
when  all  North  America,  possessed  by  the  Brit- 
ish Crown,  was  known  as  Virginia.  The  pe- 
riod of  occupation  from  1607  to  1624,  the  date 
when  Royal  Government  was  established,  to  a 
great  degree  was  merged  into  the  colonization 
period,  dating  from  1660 — the  date  of  Restor- 
ation— when  under  King  Charles  II,  Berkeley, 
Culpepper,  Spottswood,  Dinwiddie  and  other 
Governors  won  extended  recognition  in  Amer- 

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ican  history  as  the  founders  of  the  Dominion, 
but  the  men  of  the  17th  century,  under  Royal 
Government,  had  laid  solid  foundation  on 
which  the  colonies  could  rest.  We  are  now 
turning  the  pages  of  history  backward  with 
educational  results  that  will  benefit  our  people, 
and  it  is  easy  to  send  "messages"  and  create 
"memories"  through  research  to  awaken  pride 
in  the  founders  of  our  country. 

Virginia,  named  by  Sir  Walter  Raleigh  in 
honor  of  Elizabeth,  Virgin  Queen  of  England 
— the  patron  of  his  ambitions  and  achieve- 
ments, but  King  James,  her  successor,  had  lit- 
tle veneration  for  her  memory,  and  "The 
Queen's  Favorite"  became  the  King's  victim, 
and  as  a  consequence  when  Captain  Smith  and 
his  mariners  reached  Virginia,  many  changes 
followed  to  honor  King  James.  Powhatan 
River,  the  gateway  of  the  possession,  was 
named  James  River.  Raleigh  was  abandoned 
and  Jamestown  was  made  the  center  point  of 
action.  Wessex,  the  west;  Essex,  the  east; 
Norfolk,  the  north;  Suffolk,  the  south;  Mid- 
dlesex, the  middle,  to  designate  plantations. 
"In  Memory  of  Home,"  and  to  the  end  of  the 
foundation  of  British  Colonies  of  America, 
English  names  succeeded  the  Indian. 

References:  English  Records  of  Virginia. 
Records  of  Essex  County,  Virginia.  Archives 
of  the  College  of  William  and  Mary.  Seven- 
teenth Century  Colonies  of  America.  Camp- 
bell's History  of  Colony  and  Ancient  Dominion 
of  Virginia.  British  Calendar  of  State  Pa- 
pers. Hening's  Statutes.  The  Cradle  of  the 
Republic.     Burke's  Armory  of  England. 


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Hon.  Wm.  B.  Matthews 

A  Virginian 

A  lineal  descendant  and  worthy  son  of  a  long  line  of  fighting 
ancestors  and  founding  sires,  in  whom  I  find  many  char- 
acteristics of  his  distinguished  ancestor, 

Governor  Samuel  Matthews 
Captain  General  and  Governor  of  Virginia 


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Historical  Sketch 


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HON.  SAMUEL  MATTHEWS 

Guardian  of  Virginia 
1622-1660 

In  this  sketch  I  have  only  been  able  to  outline 
the  life  work  and  character  of  the  British 
pioneer,  the  Guardian  of  Virginia. 

Matthews,  the  Chieftain  of  Great  Results, 
Was  a  son  of  fighting  and  founding  men. 
The  Welsh  Mountains,  the  kingdom  home 
of  the  Ap  Matthews,  known  in  history 
from  Galahad  675,  Chiefs,  sub-Kings  and 
Lords  of  Wales.  David,  first  lord  of  Carding- 
shire,  1330,  was  ninth  generation  removed 
from  Galahad,  and  great-great-grandson  of 
Louis  VI  of  France,  one  of  the  most  distin- 
guished men  of  the  age. 

Sir  John,  grandson  of  Lord  David,  in  1440 
established  the  first  English  line  of  Matthews 
in  England,  through  a  bride  of  the  House  of 
York,  and  from  this  Welsh,  British,  French, 
Norman  ancestry,  Samuel,  descendant  of  Sir 
John,  was  born  in  1592,  and  when  called  by 
King  James  he  was  ready  like  many  other 
second  sons  to  make  a  record  in  Virginia. 


[I  had  hoped  to  secure  a  picture  of  Governor  Matthews,  but  up  to 
date  have  failed.  I,  however,  employ  a  photograph  of  the  eldest 
1  ineal  descendant  of  two  lines  from  the  Pioneer  through  Thomas  and 
Francis  Matthews  to  represent  the  family.] 


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Home  of  Matthews 

In  history  the  Captain-General  is  spoken  of 
as  "Matthews  of  Denbigh,"  the  name  of  his 
great  plantation  that  was  in  itself  a  county,  and 
"the  most  important,  and  he  the  richest  man  in 
Virginia."  The  public  store  house  was  on  his 
estate,  and  his  house  stood  with  an  "open 
door,"  his  establishment  being  renowned  for 
hospitality  to  both  Virginians  and  British,  for 
he  was  one  of  the  great  land  proprietors  who 
held  conspicuous  place  in  England  as  he  did 
in  Virginia. 

His  wife  was  a  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Hin- 
ton,  and  from  the  marriages  she  made  she 
must  have  been  attractive.  She  first  married 
Colonel  West,  brother  of  Lord  Delaware,  the 
proprietor  of  "West  Over."  After  her  death 
Col.  Matthews  married  the  widow  of  Captain 
Percy,  of  Percy  Hundred,  uniting  three  great 
estates  in  one  name,  Matthews  of  Denbigh. 
The  Court  Record  of  Essex  County,  Vir- 
ginia, says :  "The  widow  Percy  was  pos- 
sessed with  the  largest  estate  ever  known 
in  Virginia."  Of  Denbigh  Estate,  Com- 
bell's  History  records.  "A  contemporary 
wrote  to  England,  1649:  Matthews'  had  a  fine 
house,  sowed  much  hemp  and  flax  and  great 
crops  of  wheat  and  barley.  Kept  weavers,  had 
a  tannery,  had  forty  negro  slaves,  whom  he 
brought  up  to  mechanical  trades.  He  had  a 
large  herd  of  cows,  a  fine  dairy  and  abundant 
hogs  and  poultry.  He  supplied  his  own  ships, 
also  vessels  trading  to  Virginia" ;  and  is  finally 

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described  "as  a  man  who  kept  a  good  house, 
lived  bravely  and  was  a  true  lover  of  Vir- 
ginia." 

I  will  here  add  this  estate  was  left  to  his 
son,  Col.  Samuel,  together  with  a  great  estate 
in  Matthews  County,  which  was  the  heritage  of 
John  Matthews,  a  grandson  of  Governor,  the 
ancestor  of  William  B.  Matthews,  my  friend  of 
Virginia  memories. 

Francis,  another  son  of  Colonel  Matthews, 
had  a  large  estate  of  some  two  thousand  acres 
in  the  County  of  Northumberland.  He  was  a 
tobacco  planter,  and  his  horses  and  herds  are 
referred  to  in  history  as  notable. 

The  son  of  Thomas,  a  nephew  of  Gov- 
ernor Matthews,  married  the  daughter  of 
Francis  Matthews,  and  through  this  inter- 
marriage the  ancestors  of  Rev.  John  Matthews, 
of  Essex  County,  Virginia,  the  rector  of  St.. 
Anne's  Church  in  the  colonial  period — de- 
scended— and  records  show  that  for  over  one 
hundred  and  fifty  years  members  of  the  family 
held  the  position  of  Clerk  of  the  Court,  and 
intermarried  with  nearly  every  other  prominent 
family,  at  that  date,  of  Virginia ;  the  Timsons, 
Moseleys.  Batterlys,  Baldwins,  Braxtons,  Mi- 
cous,  Buckners,  Jamesons,  Carters,  Bushrods, 
Smiths,  Burgess,  Garnetts,  Woods,  Muscoes, 
Bagleys,  Turners,  Graves,  and  others  equally 
prominent  to  give  extended  connection. 

The  Percy  Hundred  Estate  of  Mrs.  Mat- 
thews, opposite  Newport  News,  known  after 
her  marriage  with  Colonel  Matthews  as  Fleur 
de  Hundred,  comprised  2200  acres,  an  outpost 
of  Point  Comfort  Fort,  overlooking  the  beau- 
tiful Hampton  Roads  "over  the  bay."  Weyan- 
oke  of  Indian  fame,  the  site  of  the  Exposition 

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Grounds,  this  estate  united  with  Denbigh — em- 
bracing at  present  Newport  News,  Hampton 
and  Point  Comfort — once  the  hunting  grounds 
of  Powhatan  became  the  home  of  Matthews.  It 
is  presumed  Colonel  Matthews  made  Fleur  de 
Hundred  one  of  his  home  houses,  where  he  dis- 
pensed the  unbounded  hospitality  for  which  he 
was  famous.  History  states  in  1648  he  enter- 
tained "Beauchamp  Plantagenet  at  Fleur  de 
Hundred,  where  his  kinsman  was  a  welcome 
guest,  and  all  other  royal  refugees  who  sought 
Virginia  during  the  Civil  War  found  welcome." 

Governor  Matthews  owned  large  shipping 
interests  and  frequently  returned  to  England 
to  keep  in  touch  with  home  affairs,  and  the 
progress  made  under  his  direction  in  Virginia 
was  regarded  "A  Mighty  Work."  Counties 
were  being  organized  and  peopled  on  the  river ; 
forts  built;  the  Church  of  Jamestown  rebuilt 
in  1639,  and  prosperity  marked  every  mile- 
stone of  advance  under  the  Royal  Government, 
when  Civil  War  under  Cromwell's  agitation  in 
1642  changed  the  history  of  England. 

Virginia  so  far  removed  from  Great  Britain 
was  not  very  much  affected  by  the  war ;  in  fact 
many  distinguished  persons  emigrated  from 
England  to  escape  war  at  home,  and  increased 
her  prosperity.  Virginians  were  loyal  to  King 
and  Crown,  but  too  feeble  to  declare  power, 
much  less  defend  Cromwell's  aggression.  His- 
tory, however,  relates,  "One  of  Matthews'  ships 
was  confiscated  for  Cromwell's  use ;  this  he  re- 
covered and  four  hundred  pounds  sterling  'for 
the  trouble,'  "  a  good  demonstration  of  indivi- 
dual power,  and  the  policy  maintained  of  Vir- 
ginia independence  in  the  days  of  Civil  War. 

Still  there  was  unrest  over  rumors  of  mas- 

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sacre  and  rebellion  and  much  apprehension 
felt  that  was  realized  on  Good  Friday,  April 
24,  1644,  at  a  period  when  war  was  raging  in 
England,  and  anxiety  in  Virginia.  Matthews 
was  prepared  for  the  attack  and  his  followers 
not  surprised ;  still  a  key  note  of  danger  was 
sounded,  and  with  courage  the  settlers  accepted 
the  gauntlet  and  a  vigorous  war  upon  the  In- 
dians lasted  until  1646.  Berkeley  was  Governor 
of  Jamestown ;  Matthews  on  "the  war  path." 
"We  are  fighting  for  England,"  he  said  to  his 
people,  and  his  enthusiasm  for  home  and  coun- 
try was  contagious.  His  first  object  was  to  hold 
Virginia  a  "Fifth  power  of  Britain";  a  king- 
dom home  for  Charles  First,  one  secure  from 
fatalities  of  war.  It  is  set  forth  in  history, 
"Matthews  was  the  greatest  opposer  of  Crom- 
well and  the  leader  of  the  persecution  of  *he 
Puritans."  No  doubt  he  was  as  dictatorial  as 
"a  Czar,"  for  true  to  his  heritage  and  birth- 
right he  would  stand  firm  and  true  for  Eng- 
land in  her  "dark  hour,"  and  aid  to  the  fullest 
extent  of  his  ability.  A  man  to  count  no  effort 
to  serve  the  Crown :  but  Virginians  in  their 
most  melancholy  fancies  never  dreamed  nor 
visioned  the  fate  awaiting  their  King  unt.l 
the  blow  fell  with  crushing  force,  to  daze  heads 
and  make  hearts  faint.  It  is  related  when  the 
fearful  news  reached  Virginia  in  1649 — f°ur 
months  after  the  tragedy  that  left  England 
without  a  King — men  were  dazed.  Governor 
Berkeley  would  no  longer  act  under  Cromwell 
and  retired  from  service,  then  it  was  that  Mat- 
thews in  his  sorrow  showed  the  greatness  of  his 
character  to  seize  and  accept  conditions. 
"We  must  stand  together."  he  said.  "We 
must  save  Virginia.      We  must  be  prepared 

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to  meet  conditions  and  make  most  of  op- 
portunities. Virginians  are  loyal  to  Charles 
of  dear  memory ;  to  us  our  King  still  lives  and 
it  should  be  considered  and  imagined  that  he 
reigns  as  he  has  since  the  death  of  his  father." 
Again  he  said :  "We  want  clear  heads  and  bold 
hearts  to  ever  be  ready  to  meet  the  enemies  of 
England  and  every  man  at  his  post." 

At  this  period  cavaliers  were  high  livers  and 
excessive  drinking  men,  but  from  an  order 
given  by  the  Captain-General  it  will  be  seen 
that  he  believed  men  on  duty  should  be  par- 
takers, only  to  a  moderate  degree,  of  liquid  re- 
freshments. "A  member  of  the  Council  or 
Burgess,  disguised  with  overmuch  drink,  for- 
feits one  hundred  pounds  of  tobacco."  It  is 
safe  to  presume  much  of  the  Virginia  weed, 
the  currency  of  the  country,  was  forfeited. 

It  is  also  evident  while  sentiment  filled  Mat- 
thews' heart  over  the  death  of  his  King,  that 
he  practically  looked  the  future  squarely  in  the 
face,  and  arranged  for  the  welfare  of  Vir- 
ginia, which  was  ever  paramount  in  his  words 
and  deeds.  It  is  related  his  courage  was  phe- 
nomenal and  no  man  more  brave  and  defiant 
in  the  discharge  of  duty  at  a  period  of  affairs 
when  a  man  and  monarch  was  called  for,  and 
could  be  met  in  the  Captain-General.  His  en- 
tire record  was  fearless  and  direct  to  serve 
King  and  Crown,  and  after  the  death  of 
Charles  First  to  stand  for  Virginia  "In  the 
name  of  God  and  the  Colonists." 

It  was  known  to  Cromwell  that  Matthews 
was  an  open  enemy,  of  unblemished  character 
and  great  achievements ;  an  intrepid,  fear- 
less leader,  a  conqueror  of  Indians  and  a  man 
of  conquest,  all  of  which  he  demonstrated  when 

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6$emorie0    of    ^it^inia 

the  surrender  of  Virginia  was  demanded  by 
Cromwell's  Parliament  and  the  Confiscation 
Act  of  March  12,  1652,  entered  upon.  Mat- 
thews, as  chief,  was  at  Point  Comfort  Fort 
ready  to  meet  the  enemy,  and  boldly  entered 
upon  the  responsibilities  to  make  and  accept 
conditions  "In  the  Right  of  Virginia,"  and  if 
any  doubt  of  results  was  felt  he  made  no 
sign,  and  met  the  enemy  without  fear  or  favor. 

It  is  related  that  one  of  the  Governors  ex- 
pressed doubt  of  his  fearlessness  in  the  meeting 
of  the  enemy,  and  suggested  "that  more  policy 
was  required,"  when  he  threw  his  arm  around 
him  saying,  "we  won't  let  them  hurt  you,  Gov- 
ernor." 

At  the  Council  of  April  30,  1652,  Captain- 
General  Matthews,  Col.  John  West,  brother  of 
Lord  Delaware,  and  Colonel  Yeardley,  son  of 
Governor  Yeardley,  acted  as  Councillors  of 
Virginia  "to  treat  with  the  enemy."  Each  a 
faithful  adherent  to  "the  waiting  King" ;  each 
devoted  to  the  welfare  of  Virginia,  and  fully 
determined  to  secure  the  most  that  could  be 
secured  in  her  interest. 

"If  an  oath  of  allegiance  be  required,"  Mat- 
thews said  in  Council,  "it  shall  be  to  Virginia. 
Then  let  us  trust  in  ourselves  and  wait  with  ab- 
solute confidence  ,-for  the  restoration  of  our 
King,  the  Stuart  to  whom  we  owe  allegiance." 

As  a  result  of  fearless  determination  much 
was  obtained  and  the  Colonies  not  interfered 
with  to  any  great  degree.  A  full  right  to  ap- 
point all  officers  for  Virginia  was  conceded  to 
the  Councillors.  The  Church  of  England 
Prayer  Book  was  retained,  and  worship  with- 
out interruption  secured,  and  true  to  England's 
Crown  Matthews  stood  for  the  son  of  King 

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Charles  of  Blessed  Memory,  a  trusted  Guar- 
dian of  Virginia. 

Matthews  Governor  for  Life 

After  the  informal  so-called  surrender  of 
Virginia,  it  is  related  that  under  the  influence 
of  Bennett,  a  Cromwell  man,  and  some  small 
land  owners,  unrest  was  felt  and  trouble  anti- 
cipated, when  the  Burgess — then  in  control  of 
Virginian  affairs — hesitated  over  some  action 
that  was  required  in  the  interest  of  the  Colo- 
nists, proposed  by  the  Captain-General.  Mat- 
thews asserted  his  power  and  declared  the  dis- 
solution of  the  Assembly  so  forcibly  that  the 
concession  he  demanded  was  not  only  passed, 
but  the  House  of  Burgesses  then  and  there 
passed  the  following  law : 

"That  the  power  of  Government  for  the  fu- 
ture should  be  conferred  upon  Col.  Samuel 
Matthews,  who  by  them  was  invested  with  all 
rights  and  privileges  belonging  to  the  Governor 
and  Captain-General  of  Virginia,  and  requested 
to  hold  the  office,  to  which  he  is  unanimously 
elected — for  life — or  so  long  as  he  lives  in  Vir- 
ginia." 

The  oath  of  office  was  administered  to  Gov- 
ernor Matthews  by  a  Committee  of  the  Coun- 
cil, appointed  by  the  Burgess — "Men  of  Vir- 
ginia." 

The  Royal  Council  was  made  up  of 
loyal  Virginians :  Hon.  Samuel  Matthews, 
Captain-General  and  Governor  of  Virginia ; 
Richard  Bennett,  Colonel  William  Clay- 
bourne,  Secretary  of  State;  Col.  Thomas  Pet- 
tus,  Col.  Edward  Hill,  Col.  Thomas  Dew,  Col. 
William  Bernard,  Col.  Obedience  Robbins,  Col. 

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John  Walker,  Col.  Abraham  Wood,  Col.  John 
Carter,  Col.  Anthony  Elliott,  and  Mr.  Washam 
Harsmeder. 

It  is  explained,  "Mr.  Harsmeder  was  a  man 
of  wealth  and  good  standing;  the  name  of 
Richard  Bennett,  without  title  or  comment,  in- 
vites the  inference  that  two  Cromwell  men,  the 
Alpha  and  Omega  of  Governor  Matthews 
Councillors,  may  have  been  a  condition  in  the 
Surrender  Act." 

A  new  era  dawned  upon  the  Colony.  The 
Virginians  knew  and  trusted  the  life-elected 
Governor,  and  no  man  enjoyed  more  confi- 
dence, respect  and  affection  than  "the  Dead 
King's  Representative" ;  but  it  is  said,  "it  was 
hoped  by  Cromwell,  without  much  expectation, 
that  Virginia  would  rebel,"  but  in  this  hope 
Parliament  was  disappointed  and  the  Dictator 
accepted  the  independence  of  Virginia  without 
hostile  action. 

In  relation  to  rebellion  in  Virginia,  Ludwell, 
Secretary  of  State,  reporting  upon  the  matter 
declared  officially :  "There  are  three  influences 
restraining  the  smaller  land  owners  from  ris- 
ing in  rebellion,  namely :  faith  in  the  mercy 
of  God,  loyalty  to  their  King,  and  affection  for 
their  Governor." 

Governor  Matthews  continued  to  observe  all 
the  formalities  of  church  and  state,  for  in  a 
way  it  seemed  to  honor  "the  Dead  King."  The 
Sunday  service  was  one  of  ceremony,  the  Gov- 
ernor and  Councillors  attending  in  a  body  ac- 
companied by  an  escort  "to  the  number  of 
fifty."  The  Governor  was  seated  in  the  chair 
of  state  of  gilt  and  velvet,  under  a  canopy  and 
emblazoned  coat  of  arms.  The  communion 
service  of  gold  presented  by  the  King  made  the 

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remembrance  "in  His  name"  a  double  commem- 
oration. 

Then  came  the  waiting  time  for  the  wished- 
on-wished  Restoration.  The  day  came  when 
news  of  Cromwell's  death  reached  Virginia, 
and  the  belief  was  general  that  Parliament, 
like  the  Protectorate,  would  end,  for  it  was 
apparent  when  Richard  Cromwell  succeeded 
his  father  that  he  would  not,  or  could  not  long 
hold  "the  Dictatorship  of  England" ;  hence  the 
King  and  Crown  men  waited  for  the  Restora- 
tion with  faith  and  patience;  perhaps  no  one 
with  more  loyal  pride  than  Matthews,  who 
stood  for  England  during  the  tragedy  of  Civil 
War,  during  the  crimes  of  Parliament  and  hor- 
rors of  anarchy,  the  last  Governor  who  acted 
under  the  Royal  Council,  under  the  Protec- 
torate, under  the  Parliament,  and  from  the 
Burgess  stood  vested  with  kingly  power  over 
Virginia  when  England  was  making  and  writ- 
ing history  with  sword  and  blood.  A  loyal 
son  who  died  before  finis  was  written.  Gov- 
ernor Matthews  died  suddenly  March  13,  1660, 
two  months  before  the  Restoration. 

The  Burgess  announced  his  death  in  one  ex- 
pression of  great  sorrow :  "England  without  a 
King;  Virginia  without  a  Governor." 

All  attested  the  affection  he  won  and  held 
for  thirty-eight  years,  and  all  admitted  the  re- 
sults he  had  achieved  to  close  a  life*  noble  in  ac- 
tion and  rich  in  rewards.  He  died  without  real- 
izing the  hope  of  his  life,  but  lived  long  enough 
to  realize  the  time  had  come  and  the  people 
ready  "to  hail  the  King." 

He  lived  long  enough  to  serve  his  country 
faithfully  and  to  leave  a  name  to  pass  over  the 
cable  of  time  until  records  of  the  world  perish. 

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He  made  the  silent  return  to  his  British 
home  to  sleep  well  with  his  kindred.  He  left 
the  coast  of  Virginia  mourned,  loved  and  re- 
gretted. Nor  was  the  dead  Governor  forgot- 
ten in  the  great  event  when  England  had  a 
King,  and  amid  the  joy  notes  that  sounded 
over  the  James,  September  20,  1660,  there  was 
a  requiem  in  hearts :     "He  comes  no  more." 

A  name  beloved  as  no  other  Virginian  from 
1622  till  1660.     A  great  man  of  a  great  race 

Samuel  Matthews, 

Fo  under  of  Jamestown,  the  Birthplace  of  our  Nation^ 

Note. 

The  Royal  Government  established 1624 

Civil  War  in  England 1642 

King  Charles  beheaded 1649 

Matthews  died  March 1660 

Restoration  Charles  2d,  May 1660 

From  1660  a  new  regime  stand  recorded, 
namely : 

The  Colonial  Government  permanently  es- 
tablished under  Governor  Spottswood,  1710,  to 
mark  the  Second  Century  of  Great  Britain's 
occupation  in  the  Western  World. 

See  note  on  page  80. 


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Memories  of  Virginia 

CONTENTS 

Looking    Backward 

Discovery  of  North  America  "  FlRST  MEMORY." 
By  John  Cabot,  the  great  navigator,  sent  out  by 
Great  Britain  "to  look  Northward."     1497. 

Drake,   Raleigh,  Cavendish  and  Gilbert  sent  out  by 
Great  Britain  "to  discover."     1584. 

John  Smith  and  Mariners  "  FlRST  MEMORY." 

Sent  out  by  Great  Britain  "to  occupy."     1607. 

Matthews  "  Second  Memory." 

Sent  out  by    Great    Britain     "to    seize    and    hold." 
1622. 

College  of  William  and  Mary  "  THIRD  MEMORY." 
1693. 

The  Revolution  of  the  Colonies  "FOURTH  MEMORY." 
1776. 

The  Founding  of  the  Republic     "FlFTH  MEMORY." 

Second  War  of  Independence  "SlXTH  MEMORY." 
1812. 

War  Between  the  States 

Looking  Forward 

Episodes  and  Events 


Jamestown  Celebration 
1907. 


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FIRST  MEMORY 
Founding  Days 

Turn  back  the  page  of  history, 

To  Fourteen  Hundred  Ninety-seven, 

When  Cabot  touched  the  Greenland  shore, 

His  pilot  guide  the  light  of  heaven ; 

Recall  the  dangers  of  the  land; 

Recall  the  perils  of  the  sea. 

To  seize  and  hold  the  new  found  land, 

The  north  New  World  discovery. 

Sir  Walter  Raleigh  on  the  land, 

Bold  Drake  the  viking  of  the  sea, 

The  pioneers  of  New  World  fame, 

To  hold  the  great  discovery. 

Drake,  Gilbert,  Raleigh  and  Cavendish. 

Historic  men  of  enterprise, 

The  men  of  opportunity, 

A  world  conquest  before  their  eyes. 

The  Benjamins  of  New  World  fame, 
Who  left  the  Isaacs  of  the  Old, 
To  found  a  kingdom  of  conquest, 
A  western  empire  long  foretold. 
The  call  "Sail  on"  again  was  heard, 
The  year  of  Sixteen  hundred  Seven, 
John  Smith,  the  Captain  Pioneer, 
The  pilot  chief  to  find  a  haven. 
After  the  Jamestown  massacre, 
Matthews,  he  heard  the  call,  "March  On," 
He  left  the  Old  World  for  the  New, 
His  race  to  stand  American. 
Let  us  revere  his  memory, 
The  British  chief  of  founding  sires, 
The  king  makers  of  ancient  Gaul, 
Since  Charles  Martel  led  pioneers. 

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A  name  not  written  on  the  sand, 
But  on  the  hearts  of  founding  men ; 
Who  with  their  deeds  make  history 
Regardless  of  the  record  pen. 

Turn  back  the  leaves  of  time  today, 
Recall  Smith  mariners  of  old, 
The  tempest  tossed  who  reached  Old  Point, 
Who  came  to  seize,  who  came  to  hold. 
Great  Powhatan,  the  monarch  king, 
Who  welcomed  Smith  and  his  brave  band, 
Foresaw  the  aim  of  Vikings  bold 
In  quest  of  gold,  in  quest  of  land. 
Jamestown  the  white  man's  cradle  home, 
Historic  town  of  founding  days, 
In  Pocahontas  found  a  friend, 
To  cast  o'er  Smith  protecting  rays. 
Child  of  the  Sun,  with  heart  of  gold, 
With  heroes  courage  undefiled, 
A  daughter  of  the  wilderness, 
A  Princess  of  the  forest  wild. 

Recall  the  story  of  the  James, 

The  legend  of  the  famous  river; 

The  romance  of  the  Indian  girl, 

The  keynote — then  as  now — "Forever." 

The  marriage  of  the  forest  child, 

To  lure  her  from  her  father's  home; 

A  marriage  of  diplomacy, 

To  secure  terms  with  Great  Powhatan. 

The  princess  pined  for  kith  and  kin; 

Yet  loyal  from  an  English  view. 

Her  heart  turned  back  to  Accomack, 

The  call  of  blood  she  heard  was  true. 

She  died  in  England,  "The  Beloved," 

She  left  a  son  of  honored  name: 

Sir  Thomas  Rolfe  of  British  birth, 

His  sire,  John  Rolfe,  of  Jamestown  fame. 

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John  Rolfe  fell  in  the  massacre, 

Sixteen  hundred  twenty-two. 

When  Jamestown  met  a  cruel  fate, 

Revenge  the  Indian  point  of  view. 

Recall  that  awful  massacre, 

The  fatal  year  from  every  view ; 

When  Indians  fought  for  their  own  lands, 

Their  river  homes — they  stood  for  true. 

A  war  cry  sounded  on  the  coast, 

The  torch  gave  signal  of  alarm ; 

The  onset  led  by  warriors  brave, 

Avengers  of  their  island  home. 

The  Indians  chieftains,  then  as  now, 

Believed  in  home  rights  of  the  free; 

They  claimed  their  happy  hunting  grounds> 

The  heritage  of  destiny. 

When  England  realized  her  loss, 

The  Government  changed  point  of  view ; 

"King  James  dissolved  the  Company," 

He  called  for  men  of  courage  true. 

Matthews  commissioned  by  the  Crown, 

First  captain  of  the  conquest  helm, 

To  seize  and  hold  Virginia  lands, 

A  monarch  of  the  New  World  realm, 

The  call  of  Colonists  he  heard, 

An  echo  from  the  Indian  nation; 

With  supreme  power,  "In  the  King's  name," 

To  guard  and  guide  the  new  plantation. 


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SECOND  MEMORY 

Matthews,  a  son  of  fighting  sires, 
From  founding  days  of  the  Old  World. 
Men  of  conquest,  men  of  crusades, 
Descendants  of  Welsh  chieftains  bold. 
Men  of  King  Alfred's  day,  that  stood 
With  Galahad,  the  Ap  Matthew, 
Disciple  of  the  Druid  creed, 
To  soil  brave  men  are  ever  true. 
The  native  sons  of  Albion, 
The  mountain  men  of  British  fame ; 
Welshmen  who  fought  for  Harold  bold, 
The  northmen  of  King  Edward's  name. 
The  Welsh  mountains  their  kingdom  home, 
Ages  before  the  conqueror  won ; 
Defenders  of  old  Briton's  lands, 
Chiefs  long  before  the  quest  of  Rome. 

After  the  conquest,   1066, 
The  Matthew  chief  of  valor  won, 
A  daughter  of  Louis  of  France, 
To  give  to  Wales  an  allied  son. 
A  knight,  he  stood  in  the  crusades, 
Under  the  banner  of  Lorraine. 
A  shield  he  won,  a  crest  of  might, 
The  Holy  Bull  of  Roman  fame. 
David,  first  lord  of  Cardingshire, 
Ninth  removed  from  Galahad's  reign ; 
Great  great  grandson  of  Louis  VI, 
Allied  with  Baldwin  of  Lorraine. 
Sir  John,  grandson  of  David  First, 
Won  English  bride  on  Dover's  shore; 
The  Alpha  Matthews  to  unite, 
The  mountain  bull  with  lion  and  bear. 

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spemorieg    of    Virginia 

Sir  John  stood  for  "North  country  men," 
A  Welsh-Norman  from  English  view; 
Under  the  motto  of  his  race, 
To  soil  brave  men  are  ever  true. 
With  House  of  York  on  British  fields. 
He  stood  for  kinsmen  of  Lorraine. 
He  fought  for  the  Plantagenets, 
Edward  the  Fourth  of  White  Rose  fame. 
Matthews  of  this  great  allied  race, 
Ambitions  and  achievements  won, 
In  his  own  name — in  his  own  right 
The  Chieftain  bold  of  old  Jamestown ; 
A  man  who  heard  the  call  "March  on," 
The  old  war  cry  of  famous  sires, 
He  heard  the  call  all  founders  hear, 
To  light  the  soul  with  sacred  fires. 


Matthews'  first  order  "seize  again." 

The  Indian  lands  claimed  by  the  Crown, 

"The  Hunting  Grounds"  along  the  coast, 

The  empire  lands  of  Powhatan. 

When  paths  were  hedged  with  ambush  foes, 

In  the  dense  wilderness  of  strife, 

Each  forest  path  a  trail  of  blood, 

To  have  and  hold  the  price  of  life. 

They  marked  with  blood  each  rood  of  land. 

The  chief  with  Gideon's  sword  so  true ; 

They  made  each  tree  a  musket  shield, 

Each  Indian  trail  a  target  view. 

Tidewater  counties  first  to  form. 

The  basic  arch  of  the  new  nation ; 

The  river  lands  of  Powhatan, 

The  cradle  home  of  occupation. 

With  Civil  War  raging  at  home, 

A  second  massacre  ever  near, 

The  chief  an  iron  man  of  war, 

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A  man  insensible  of  fear. 

When  Indian  war  became  a  fact, 

He  called  "to  arms"  the  pioneers. 

They  fought  as  one,  "In  England's  name," 

The  brave  Virginia  cavaliers. 

Recall  the  Pilgrims  of  the  James, 

To  mark  the  course  of  onward  still ! 

The  trail  of  English  pioneers, 

From  Old  Point  Comfort  to  King's  Mill. 

The  city  now  of  Williamsburg, 

The  landmark  of  the  onward  march ! 

The  first  incorporated  town, 

The  corner  stone  of  royal  arch. 

Matthews  won  fruits  of  true  success, 

He  stood  a  self-reliant  man; 

The  guardian  of  the  New  World  claim, 

Who  seized  and  held  Virginia's  land. 

With  kingly  power,  for  "welfare"  true, 

With  record  of  unblemished  fame, 

Defender  bold  of  England's  right, 

An  enemy  of  Cromwell's  reign. 

In  days  of  the  Surrender  Act, 

He  boldly  claimed:  "Virginia's  free; 

We  won  our  lands,  we  won  our  rights, 

The  price  of  blood  and  victory" ! 

He  claimed  results  in  New  World  name, 

He  made  demands  without  one  fear, 

He  stood  the  captain  of  his  soul, 

The  brave  Virginia  cavalier. 

He  stood  the  leader  of  results, 

The  Captain  General  to  '54: 

Then  voice  and  vote  proclaimed  the  chief, 

The  life-elected  Governor. 

Through  his  long  reign  progress  was  sure, 

Each  final  act  his  own  decree ; 

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One  head,  one  hand,  trusted  by  all, 

He  won  the  fruits  of  victory. 

The  Captain-General  Governor, 

King  of  Dominion  cavaliers, 

Under  the  crown  of  James  and  Charles, 

Elected  by  the  pioneers. 

He  died  a  chieftain  true  to  crown, 

In  sixteen  hundred  and  sixty. 

The  Joshua  of  Jamestown  coast, 

The  pioneer  of  victory. 

Let  us  revere  our  "Ap  Matthew," 
A  British  Chief  of  conquest  sires. 
"King  Makers"  of  Gaul,  Rome  and  Wales. 
Since  Charles  Martel  led  pioneers. 


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A  Virginia  Episode 

The  grandson  of  great  Powhatan, 

The  Anglo-Indian  brave  and  free, 

Came  to  his  mother's  Jamestown  home, 

The  founder  of  a  family  tree. 

His  child,  Jane  Rolfe,  the  root  and  branch. 

The  bride  that  Robert  Boiling  won, 

Grandchild  of  Pocahontas  brave, 

The  great  grandchild  of  Powhatan. 

The  Boiling  race — Americans, 

Sons  of  the  soil  through  mother's  right, 

Allied  with  British  kin  of  fame, 

To  found  a  race  of  blood  and  might. 

The  sons  of  pioneers  were  brave, 

True  cavaliers  to  build  a  nation ; 

With  faith  in  king  and  queen  to  found 

A  college  home  of  education. 

To  guide  the  sons  of  pioneers, 

Upon  the  lines  of  old  home  life, 

With  courage  born  of  confidence, 

To  win  the  battlefields  of  strife. 

The  English  crown  heard  call  of  race, 

The  call  of  a  new  generation : 

A  voice  that  touched  the  heart  of  king, 

The  early  call  of  education. 

Turn  back  the  page  of  history, 

Recall  the  College  of  the  Crown, 

The  cradle  home  of  education, 

Pride  of  the  first  colonial  town. 


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William  and  Mary  College 


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Memories    of    Virginia 


THIRD  MEMORY. 

College  of  William  and  Mary 

In  sixteen  hundred  and  ninety-three, 
William  and  Mary  from  English  view, 
Founded  the  College  of  the  Crown, 
For  which  they  stood  the  sponsors  true. 
The  College  of  William  and  Mary, 
At  Williamsburg,  the  Alpha  town, 
With  royal  charter  and  great  seal, 
To  stand  exponent  of  the  Crown. 
The  Mecca  of  the  Pioneers, 
The  object  lesson  of  opinion, 
Repository  of  events. 
The  archive  home  of  the  Dominion. 

James  Blair,  the  founding  president, 

The  man  of  hope  in  time  of  fears ; 

The  commissary  of  the  Crown, 

The  president  for  fifty  years. 

Class  after  class  left  campus  field, 

Men  of  true  courage  and  dauntless  will, 

To  open  paths  of  destiny, 

The  motto  Onward !  Onward  Still ! 

The  college  badge,  the  coat  of  arms, 

The  decoration  prize  of  life, 

Worn  with  just  pride  by  New  World  sonst 

The  future  men  to  win  the  strife. 

Washington  his  commission  won, 

With  famous  Clarks  of  high  degree, 

Surveyors  of  Dominion  lands, 

Three  exploring  sons  of  destiny. 

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On  William  and  Mary's  honor  roll, 
The  First  Greek  letter  founders  stand, 
A  society  of  college  men, 
To  guide  events  of  native  land. 
The  Society  a  knowledge  tree, 
To  take  its  root  in  the  Dominion, 
To  spread  like  a  green  bay  of  might, 
The  century  tree  of  free  opinion. 
Recall  the  leaders  of  onward  march ! 
The  bold  brave  sons  to  guide  opinion, 
Men  born  to  lead  the  advance  quest, 
Native  sons  of  the  Dominion. 
The  mind  of  man  no  seal  can  hold, 
Nature  makes  men  bold,  brave  and  free, 
The  forest  sons  true  champions, 
To  voice  the  claim  of  liberty. 

The  college  sons  grew  bold  apace, 
They  stood  for  progress  and  demand, 
They  claimed  the  rights  of  pioneers, 
The  basic  right  of  Matthews  plan. 
Stamp  Act  protest  of  65, 
Was  a  demand  to  make  men  bold. 
Twelve  sons  of  William  and  Mary  signed, 
The  Revolutionary  Roll. 
The  college  sons  of  North  and  South, 
In  words  and  deeds  made  the  demand, 
"The  sons  of  founders  shall  be  free," 
We  stand  the  champions  of  our  land. 
From  Harvard's  campus  there  arose 
The  same  demand  in  war  like  key, 
William  and  Mary  answered  back, 
"We  stand  with  sons  of  liberty !" 


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FOURTH  MEMORY 

The  Stamp  Act  gave  cause  for  effect, 

It  led  the  way  to  '73. 

Results  soon  followed  in  a  train, 

Led  by  the  sons  of  liberty. 

It  was  the  voice  of  destiny, 

The  founders  call,  "We  will  be  free," 

The  patriots  call  of  '74, 

To  voice  the  call  of  liberty. 

The  Continental  Congress  convened, 

The  famous  congress  of  '74, 

Fifteen  members,  William  and  Mary  men, 

Founders  sons  of  old  James  shore. 

Randolph,  the  President  of  fame, 

A  man  insensible  of  fear, 

A  famous  son  of  William  and  Mary, 

Virginian  of  Virginians  dear. 

A  committee  of  correspondence  formed, 

To  guide  the  days  of  evolution, 

Eight  William  and  Mary  men  enrolled, 

Pioneers  of  Revolution. 

A  Committee  of  Safety  next  evolved, 

In  seventeen  hundred  seventy-five, 

Seven  sons  of  William  and  Mary  enrolled 

Sam  Adams  chief  and  northern  guide. 

The  chancellor  of  Williamsburg, 

With  father  of  the  Revolution, 

Refused  concessions  of  the  crown, 

Each  called  for  written  constitution. 

They  voiced  demands  of  freedom's  sons, 

To  stand  as  one  to  meet  the  shock, 

A  son  of  Jamestown  Cavaliers, 

A  Puritan  of  Plymouth  Rock. 

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The  die  was  cast  without  regret, 
To  cross  the  Rubicon  of  fate, 
To  meet  conditions  with  reserve, 
The  countersign,  "to  watch  and  wait." 
The  dial  hand  of  time  marked  war, 
The  blood  red  hand  of  revolution. 
The  Minute  Men  gave  the  alarm, 
They  struck  the  hour  at  Lexington. 
Bold  Patrick  Henry  gave  key  note, 
He  called  for  "death  or  liberty." 
Sam  Adams  answered  back  the  call, 
"March  on!  March  on!  to  victory!" 
The  Declaration  Rights  of  States, 
To  have  and  hold  stands  now  as  then, 
The  chairman  true  to  commonwealths, 
With  thirty  William  and  Mary  men. 

The  sons  of  founders  then  proclaimed, 
"The  United  Colonies  are  free," 
The  declaration  one  of  might, 
To  voice  the  claim  of  73. 
The  Declaration  of  Independence, 
Confirmed  "the  colonies  are  free," 
The  author,  a  William  and  Mary  man, 
Jefferson  of  immortality. 
Four  signers  of  that  famous  roll, 
The  sons  of  William  and  Alary  true, 
To  stand  for  rights  of  colonists, 
From  a  republic  point  of  view. 
"Rebels,"  they  stood  in  '76, 
"Traitors  to  King,"  traitors  to  crown; 
But  "Patriots"  when  France  allied 
To  win  surrender  of  Yorktown. 

Let  time  increase  our  debt  to  France, 
That  made  rebellion — revolution. 
Through  allied  victory  on  the  York, 

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Yorktown  Monument 


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Memories;    of    Virginia 

That  won  the  cause  of  Lexington. 
Let  us  recall  with  gratitude, 
The  men  who  came  in  our  great  need, 
Through  loyal  faith  of  Lafayette, 
Our  friend  in  word,  our  friend  in  deed. 
Let  us  recall  our  French  allies, 
Who  saved  the  ship  of  state  and  crew, 
Our  anchor  in  the  storm  of  war, 
To  hold  the  chain  of  victory  true. 
Again  we  welcome  sons  of  France, 
Guests  of  a  nation  jointly  won; 
Under  two  flags  we  meet  again, 
And  now  as  then  to  stand  as  one. 
When  Lafayette  and  Rochambeau, 
With  men  and  gold  came  in  our  need, 
To  make  the  hearts  of  patriots  strong, 
As  allied  friends  in  word  and  deed. 
Let  us  recall  the  memory, 
The  war  of  independence  won, 
The  allied  voice  of  victory ! 
The  echo  call  of  '81. 

Turn  back  the  page  of  history, 
To  seventeen  hundred  eighty-one, 
To  men  who  fought  our  fight  to  win, 
Our  French  allies  of  old  Yorktown. 
Now  in  the  noon  day  of  our  might, 
We  hail  with  pride  the  allies  kin, 
The  sons  of  France,  the  men  of  war, 
Who  helped  our  patriot  sires  to  win. 
This  monument  to  the  Allies, 
In  honor  of  the  victory  won, 
Stands  proudly  on  the  River  York, 
To  crown  events  of  Eighty-one. 

It  was  a  miracle  of  might, 

To  found  a  nation  to  stand  free, 

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To  build  a  flag  in  our  own  right, 
The  Stars  and  Stripes  of  liberty. 
Fair  Betsy  Ross  of  Flag  House  fame, 
True  daughter  of  a  revolution, 
Who  made  first  emblem  of  the  free, 
The  standard  of  a  new  born  nation. 
The  emblem  of  the  peoples  might, 
To  lead  the  sons  of  founders  true, 
A  flag  to  guide  the  patriots, 
From  a  confederate  point  of  view. 
Each  star  a  State  in  her  own  right, 
The  heritage  of  men  born  free, 
Each  stripe  a  warning  "to  beware," 
The  blood  bought  rights  of  victory. 


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FIFTH  MEMORY 

The  constitution  next  was  framed, 
The  results  of  '76  to  crown. 
Three  framers,  William  and  Mary  men, 
With  Harvard  men  of  great  renown. 
The  State  the  ark  of  covenant, 
The  pilots  of  eternal  fame, 
Their  faith  the  creed  of  Jefferson, 
Disciples  of  his  honored  name. 
The  magna  charter  strong  and  true, 
Sheet  anchor  of  the  ship  of  state, 
The  chart,  the  compass  and  the  helm, 
To  pass  the  harbor  rocks  of  hate. 
The  creed  to  hold  United  States, 
In  bonds  of  justice  and  of  right, 
A  republic — the  point  of  view, 
The  people's  cornerstone  of  might. 

Records  of  the  republic  show, 

The  love  of  country  led  men  on, 

To  win  results  of  victory, 

From  '89  to  '61. 

The  founding  of  the  Union  stands, 

Of  presidents  from  the  Dominion, 

Four  William  and  Mary  men  were  called, 

To  stand  for  Jefferson's  opinion. 

Nine  cabinet  officers  they  called, 

Men  of  Virginia  known  to  fame, 

To  stand  with  founding  presidents, 

Each  a  William  and  Mary  "honor  man." 

Four  supreme  judges  U.  S.  Court, 

Chief  Justice  Marshall  "the  ever  great" 

Each  a  William  and  Mary  man, 

Men  of  justice  to  hold  each  state. 

The  men  of  fate,  through  last  appeal, 

The  judgment  men  in  fatal  hour, 

The  bulwark  guard  of  Might  and  Right, 

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Memories    of    Virginia 

The  men  of  God  supreme  in  power. 
One  Lieutenant-General,  U.  S.  A., 
Scott,  the  commander  brave  and  true, 
Famous  son  of  William  and  Mary, 
Distinguished  chief  from  every  view. 
Two  ministers  to  St.  James  Court, 
To  friendly  France  the  famous  four, 
Each  a  William  and  Mary  man, 
Dominion  men  of  old  James  Shore. 
Twenty-seven  judges  Supreme  State  Court, 
Legal  honors  for  Virginia  won, 
Men  to  honor  the  bench  and  bar, 
Each  a  William  and  Mary  son. 

From  seventeen  hundred  eighty-nine, 
To  eighteen  hundred  sixty-one, 
Senators  representing  Virginia, 
Sixteen  were  William  and  Mary  men. 
Of  Congressional  representatives, 
Stood  campus  men  by  the  score, 
The  Sons  of  William  and  Mary, 
Constitutionalist  of  legal  lore. 
From  seventeen  hundred  eighty-nine, 
To  eighteen-hundred  sixty-one, 
Of  State  governors  fifteen  stood 
William  and  Mary  campus  men. 
Other  Virginians  renowned  in  State, 
High  on  the  republic  roll  of  fame, 
Not  college  men  of  Williamsburg, 
Their  alma  mater  "the  old  home." 
Exponents  of  the  founders  creed, 
To  voice  the  commonwealth  opinion, 
To  hold  results  of  "sacred  soil," 
Faithful  sons  of  the  Dominion. 

Note. — The  illustrious  part  taken  in  the  making  of 
the  Union  by  the  sons  of  William  and  Mary  is  not  ro- 
mance of  verse,  but  historical  facts  compiled  by  Dr.  L. 
G.  Tyler,  president  of  the  Old  Crown  College,  when 
giving  its  history  in  the  Cradle  of  the  Republic. 

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Memories    of    Virginia 


SIXTH  MEMORY. 

Hear  ye  the  century  voice  again, 
The  echo  of  republic  song, 
To  guide  the  march  of  victory ! 
To  stand  for  right  against  the  wrong. 
The  war  of  eighteen  hundred  twelve, 
A  war  the  sons  of  patriots  won, 
The  second  war  for  liberty, 
A  new  world  war  to  right  a  wrong. 
On  the  high  seas  to  hold  our  place, 
To  stand  with  nations  of  the  world, 
Our  fighting  qualities  to  test, 
Our  flag  of  victory  to  unfurl. 
Madison,  of  William  and  Mary, 
Gave  early  orders  "to  march  on." 
And  Pinckney  sounded  the  key  note, 
"Millions  for  war,  for  tribute  none." 

The  men  of  '12  won  great  results, 
They  tested  strength  of  men  born  free, 
England  they  fought  instead  of  France, 
To  hold  our  rights  on  the  high  sea. 
Our  Nelson  and  our  Wellington, 
Two  warrior  sons  of  patriot  sires, 
Fought  for  our  seaman's  liberty, 
The  men  of  '12  to  win  desires. 
Our  seamen  bold  out  on  the  lake, 
In  New  Orleans  our  soldiers  true, 
"The  enemy  ours"  brave  Perry  cried, 
Jackson  escaped  "a  Waterloo!" 

In  Indian  wars  the  campus  men, 
Stood  on  the  firing  line  as  one, 
True  sons  of  fighting  pioneers, 
The  trail  of  conquest  led  them  on. 
Now  listen  to  the  voice  again, 

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a^emorie0    of    Virginia 

The  call  of  eighteen  sixty-one, 
When  North  and  South  gave  the  war  cry 
When  victory  of  defeat  was  won. 
Men  of  the  South  fought  for  a  right, 
Men  of  the  North  denounced  a  wrong, 
A  cry  of  war  passed  o'er  our  land, 
To  give  the  world  an  echo  song. 
The  college  sons  left  campus  field, 
To  fight  for  home  and  country  true, 
Disciples  of  the  patriots  creed, 
With  liberty  the  point  of  view. 
Richmond  the  Flanders  of  the  war, 
Where  brave  men  died  at  priceless  cost, 
The  James  and  York  rivers  of  blood, 
The  Appomattox  where  southern's  lost. 

The  college  fell  prey  to  the  war, 
The  torch  left  only  walls  of  fame, 
With  memories  of  its  great  past, 
True  phoenix  like  to  rise  again. 
To  voice  the  praise  of  Williamsburg, 
The  Mecca  shrine  of  our  nation, 
The  college  home  of  triune  flags, 
The  cradle  of  occupation. 
Where  laurel  wreaths  had  floated  down, 
To  crown  the  bold,  the  brave,  the  free, 
Where  records  of  the  past  had  home, 
From  sixteen  hundred  ninety-three. 
A  college  dear  to  memory, 
The  only  college  of  the  crown, 
In  the  new  world  of  destiny, 
A  monument  of  just  renown. 

The  President  of  our  own  day, 
True  scion  of  a  famous  tree, 
Tyler,  son  of  the  President, 
A  noble  son  of  ancestry. 

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Senator  George  F.  Hoar 

In  1893  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  chiefly  through  the  influence 
of  Senator  George  F.  Hoar,  aided  by  the  active  efforts  of  Gen.  Marcus  J. 
Wright,  Historian  of  War  Records  C.  S.  A.,  United  States  War  Department, 
gave  the  College  of  William  and  Mary  $64,000.  Since  that  time  the  College 
has  steadily  improved.  The  State  has  increased  its  annuity  to  $25,000  per 
annum.  Senator  Hoar  was  also  instrumental  in  securing  an  appropriation  from 
Congress  to  build  a  sea-wall  to  protect  Jamestown  Island.  In  both  actions 
the  Senator  from  Massachusetts  stood  in  evidence  of  a  true  American. 


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General  Wright 


Memories    of    Virginia 

His  aim  and  object  to  restore, 

The  former  pride  in  college  arch, 

Make  history  the  corner  stone, 

A  mile-stone  of  the  century  march. 

He  gave  a  message  to  the  world, 

The  founding  work  of  old  Jamestown, 

The  history  of  Williamsburg, 

And  wreck  of  the  old  college  home. 

An  author  to  touch  hearts  of  men, 

With  pen  to  light  the  sacred  fires, 

To  turn  hearts  backward  with  new  pride, 

To  cradle  of  Republic  sires. 

Men  listened  to  "the  Tyler's  son," 

His  message  touched  State  pride  again, 

The  call  was  heard,  response  was  made, 

Congress  stood  sponsor  of  war  claim. 

Judge  Hoar,  the  grand  old  Harvard  man, 

Deplored  the  great  historic  loss, 

For  reimbursement  he  stood  firm. 

The  college  won  a  monied  cost. 

With  General  Wright  of  Tennessee, 
Who  fought  under  the  Stars  and  Bars, 
A  Southern  Son  of  noble  sires, 
Renowned  before  Colonial  Wars, 
They  stood  as  one  to  claim  a  right. 
Historians  of  well  won  fame. 
Two  foes  in  war,  two  friends  in  peace. 
Both  lovers  of  the  founder's  fame. 

No  money  could  archives  restore, 
Or  reimburse  the  loss  of  flame, 
But  pride  in  early  memories, 
Caused  Congress  to  accept  the  claim. 
Virginia  true  to  her  first  child, 
Stands  sponsor  for  the  gift  of  crown, 
And  loyal  to  the  founders  trust, 
Regards  with  pride  the  college  home. 

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LOOKING  FORWARD. 

To  President  Tyler. 

Now  listen  to  the  voice  again, 

The  voice  of  nineteen  hundred  seven, 

Two  worlds  unite  in  harmony, 

Under  the  starry  flag  of  heaven. 

The  western  flag  of  U.  S.  fame, 

The  flag  that  won  on  land  and  sea, 

The  flag  of  welcome  to  the  world, 

In  this  our  year  of  jubilee. 

Again  the  Britons  seek  the  James, 

Where  English  sons  of  noble  sires, 

Founded  a  colony  to  stand, 

A  monument  to  pioneers. 

Again  our  French  friends  seek  the  York, 

To  visit  the  historic  river, 

Where  echoes  linger  o'er  the  shore, 

To  welcome  sons  of  France  forever. 

Again  brave  soldiers  seek  Old  Point, 

The  Alpha  harbor  of  renown, 

Cast  anchors  in  the  Hampton  Roads, 

The  river  road  to  old  Jamestown, 

The  harbor  known  to  all  the  world, 

Where  naval  skill  changed  war  on  sea, 

Through  Merrimac  and  Monitor, 

The  ironclads  of  history. 

Two  monsters  of  the  sea  that  fought, 

In  eighteen  hundred  sixty-two, 

In  harbor  of  the  pioneers, 

Where  Smith  found  shelter  with  his  crew. 

The  Point  of  Comfort  Matthews  held, 

Where  British  sons  met  Indian  foe, 

Where  famous  footsteps  still  are  heard, 

To  echo  back  from  Fort  Monroe. 

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President  Lyon  G.  Tyler 


Memories    of    Virginia 

The  harbor  home  of  memories, 
The  gateway  of  the  Old  Dominion, 
The  mother  of  States  and  Presidents, 
To  guide  American  opinion. 
Our  History  unique  in  fame, 
Let  us  with  pride  baptize  anew, 
Found  scholarships  for  future  men, 
From  international  point  of  view. 
Found  scholarships  to  pioneers, 
To  British  men  under  the  crown, 
To  men  who  built  our  flag  of  stars, 
To  French  allies  of  old  Yorktown. 
Let  founders'  kin  unite  as  one, 
To  monumentalize  the  past, 
Honor  the  names  two  worlds  revere, 
To  hold  the  chain  of  memory  fast. 

In  memory  of  the  founding  sires, 
To  bind  the  present  to  the  past, 
Our  anchor  patriotic  pride, 
To  hold  the  chain  of  friendship  fast. 

Cambridge  and  Williamsburg  rejoice, 
In  this  our  year  of  jubilee; 
Jamestown  and  Plymouth  Rock  unite, 
In  bonds  of  old  fraternity. 
May  pride  awake  Greek-letter  men, 
From  lake  to  gulf,  from  shore  to  shore, 
The  South  to  answer  back  the  North, 
We  stand  as  in  the  days  of  yore. 

May  voices  echo  back  the  past, 
Recalling  birth  of  "Letter  Day," 
Old  Williamsburg  the  natal  town, 
Cradle  of  fraternity. 
May  echoes  of  the  olden  vows, 
Be  heard  along  the  old  York  shore, 
This  opportunity  be  seized, 

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To  hold  the  chain  for  evermore. 

May  sons  return  to  cradle  home, 

To  weld  anew  each  generation, 

The  chain  of  friendship  to  unite, 

Through  bonds  of  higher  education. 

A  new  path  opens  to  our  view, 

Through  deeds  of  our  own  generation, 

To  mark  the  tercentennial  year, 

An  "alliance  of  education." 

To  unite  the  New  World  with  the  Old, 

Through  art,  the  wealth  of  a  nation, 

Each  scholarship  competitive, 

The  prize  of  higher  education. 

Miss  Smedley  of  Dominion  kin, 

True  daughter  of  a  cavalier, 

Stands  sponsor  for  a  school  of  art, 

To  honor  this  memorial  year. 

The  American  National  Institute, 

In  honor  of  the  Revolution, 

Amid  environments  of  France, 

Under  the  flag  of  our  own  nation. 

Let  Congress  aid  her  noble  work, 

To  honor  allies  of  Yorktown, 

A  memorial  to  Lafayette, 

A  monument  to  Jefferson. 

Knowledge  is  power  to  win  and  hold, 

It  is  the  birthright  of  the  free, 

Our  sons'  children  of  heritage, 

The  men  of  opportunity! 

And  as  it  was  so  it  is  now, 

And  so  it  will  forever  be, 

Knowledge  is  path  to  great  results, 

It  is  the  path  of  destiny. 

The  emblem  of  the  Institute 

We  here  present  with  loyal  pride, 

With  kindest  thanks  to  Count  von  Daur, 

An  allied  friend  with  U.  S.  Bride. 

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MEMORIAL  RESULTS. 

To  Hon.  Wm.  B.  Matthews. 

Your  invitation  has  been  heard, 

To  visit  the  old  campus  ground, 

The  Letter  Men  have  heard  "The  Call," 

"Remember  College  of  the  Crown." 

To  honor  culture  fields  anew, 

To  tell  the  legends  of  the  river, 

To  seek  and  find  the  old  land  marks, 

Memorials  to  live  forever. 

To  you  the  College  holds  high  place, 

The  college  of  the  Matthews  line, 

The  Alma  Mater  of  your  sire, 

And  kinsmen  since  the  founding  time. 

Your  brothers'  canvas  now  adorns, 

The  walls  of  memory  and  fame. 

With  portraits  of  the  Presidents, 

Those  lost  to  State  through  war  and  flame. 

Other  new  friends  come  bearing  gifts, 
Memorials  of  long  ago. 
To  tell  the  story  of  Jamestown, 
Where  British  sons  met  Indian  foe. 

At  King's  Mill  in  the  forest  wild, 
The  Mecca  point  of  pioneers, 
The  first  colonial  capital, 
A  town  of  fame  three  hundred  years. 

With  new  made  friends  two  well-known  men. 
Under  the  flag,  under  the  crown, 
Two  captains  great  of  industry, 
Two  library  founders  of  renown. 

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A  native  son  of  Scotia's  Isle, 
Son  of  success  to  high  degree, 
Donates  to  the  old  campus  grounds, 
The  wished-on-wished  new  library. 
A  monument  to  mark  events, 
Since  sixteen  hundred  ninety-three, 
A  memorial  to  progress, 
The  college  gift  of  Carnegie. 

Your  friend  George  Clinton  Batcheller, 

A  leading  patriot  of  New  York, 

A  son  of  ancient  pedigree, 

A  Puritan  of  Plymouth  Rock. 

Donates  a  large  Endowment  Fund, 

To  light  the  lamp  of  history, 

To  re-illume  paths  of  the  past, 

To  honor  State  of  Destiny. 

This  portrait  on  the  walls  you  place, 
George  C.  Batcheller,  LL.D. 
An  honor  to  a  Northern  Son. 
In  this  our  year  of  jubilee, 
It  turns  the  page  of  history, 
To  Plymouth  Rock,  to  old  Jamestown, 
A  page  both  North  and  South  illumed. 
From  Lexington  to  old  Yorktown. 
J.  Q.  Adams  of  Flag  House  fame, 
Son  of  the  Founder  of  Braintree, 
A  lover  of  the  North  and  South, 
Exponent  of  Fraternity. 
Presents  a  portrait  of  your  friend 
To  the  old  College  of  the  Crown. 
The  Daughter  of  a  Pioneer, 
Her  sire  a  man  of  Lexington. 

It  is  her  pleasure  to  donate, 
A  mirror  with  historic  frame, 
Drake,  Gilbert,  Raleigh,  Cavendish, 

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Pre*ented  to  William  and  Mary  College  by- 
Mrs.  Flora  Adams  Darling 
1907 


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In  hand-wrought  bronze  of  age  and  fame, 
Four  founding  men  of  enterprise, 
The  pioneers  of  land  and  sea, 
That  changed  the  history  of  the  world, 
Four  famous  men  of  destiny. 

But,  my  friend,  of  all  the  pictures 
We  hang  today  on  memory's  wall, 
The  old  live  oak  of  Matthew's  Home, 
May  live  in  hearts  dearest  of  all. 
We'll  engrave  it  on  a  field  of  gold, 
The  giant  oak  of  Powhatan, 
A  souvenir  of  Founding  Days, 
In  memory  of  a  noble  man. 
A  Matthews  medal  "to  pass  on," 
The  fruits  and  flowers  of  memory, 
Through  the  old  college  of  the  Crown, 
The  Kingdom  Home  of  History. 

Again  the  wand  of  memory, 
Touches  a  church  of  olden  time, 
To  pay  tribute  to  founding  sires, 
A  pew  of  church  and  state  to  thine. 
In  Bruton  Church  of  memories, 
The  relic  sponsor  of  Jamestown, 
The  daughter  of  the  mother  church, 
The  second  church  under  the  crown. 
Where  pioneers  met  God  in  prayer, 
Where  faith  in  King  and  Crown  was  true, 
Where  sons  of  William  and  Mary  met, 
The  church  and  state  their  point  of  view. 
The  New  York  State  Chapter  with  pride 
Stands  sponsor  for  the  Warden's  Pew, 
The  Daughters  of  first  founding  sires, 
The  Daughters  of  the  Patriots  true. 
A  bronze  plate  now  commemorates, 
Under  the  Cross,  under  the  Crown, 

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The  Warden's  Pew  of  British  Church. 

And  Founding  Captain  of  renown, 

A  tribute  to  the  church  and  state, 

To  stand  for  time  the  Honor  Pew. 

To  chief  of  Royal  Government, 

From  Sixteen  Hundred  twenty-two, 

Until  the  year  of  Sixteen-sixty, 

When  England  won  her  King  and  Crown. 

Matthews,  passed  to  a  Higher  Court, 

To  Hail  the  Restoration  dawn, 

He  made  the  long  silent  return, 

The  year  of  England's  Jubilee. 

To  rest  with  British  kin  "at  home," 

To  us  he  left  a  memory. 

My  Dear  Friend:         November  15,  1907. 

It  is  true,  Death  stills  speaker's  voice.     Mrs. 
Smith,  to  whom  these  Memories  are  dedicated, 
expired  instantly  when  about  to  hear  reports 
from    the   delegates    who   visited   Jamestown. 
As  you  are  aware  my  sister  reached  Washing- 
ton to  meet  me  at  Williamsburg  October  12th, 
but  her  heart  made  her  realize  the  effort  would 
be  more  than  she  could  endure,  and  that  home 
was  her  safety.     She,  however,  attended  the 
next   meeting   of   the   order   November    15th, 
where  she  died  with  her  friends,  presiding  over 
a   society   that  honored   her   with    its   highest 
gift,  "Daughters  of  the  Founders  and  Patriots 
of  the  State  of  New  York,"  could  bestow. 
She  died  as  I  would  have  her  die, 
In  the  full  tide  of  honors  won. 
With  Daughters  of  the  Founding  Sires, 
On  Honor  Day  to  Old  Jamestown. 
To  hear  praise  of  "The  Warden's  Pew," 
And  Matthew's  Tablet,  to  pass  down. 
The  Daughters  Gifts,  to  Bruton  Church, 
Memorials  of  Old  lamestown. 
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IN  THE  OLD  BRUTON  CHURCH 
OF  MANY  MEMORIES 

The  Wardens  Pew  is  marked  by  small  plates 
giving  the  names  of  the  early  Church  officers, 
one  of  which  bears  the  name  of  Baldwin  Mat- 
thews, 1695,  grandson  of  Governor  Matthews, 
the  great  great  grandfather  of  Rev.  John  Mat- 
thews, of  Essex  County.  On  a  larger  tablet  is 
inscribed : 

To  the  Glory  of  God  and  in  Memory  of 

HON.  SAMUEL  MATTHEWS, 

CAPTAIN-GENERAL  AND  GOVERNOR  OF  VIRGINIA. 
1622-1660. 

This  memorial  has  been  erected  by  Mrs.  Le- 
Roy  Sunderland  Smith,  President,  and  the 
New  York  State  Chapter  of  the  Daughters  of 
Founders  and  Patriots  of  America,  May  13, 
1907. 

Each  pew  stands  a  memorial  "To  Great 
Virginians."  The  church  has  been  most 
appropriately  styled  The  Colonial  Abbey  of 
our  country,  making  the  memorial  not  only  a 
Mecca  but  a  shrine  of  America. 

King  Edward  VII  has  presented  a  Bible,  and 
President  Roosevelt  a  reading  desk,  "In  Memo- 
rium."  The  Bible  given  by  Governor  Mat- 
thews, I  am  told,  is  still  extant  "a  holy  of  holy 
relic." 

The  Restoration  of  Old  Bruton  Church,  un- 
der the  direction  of  the  Rector,  W.  A.  R.  Good- 
win, is  one  of  the  most  pleasing  tributes  to  the 

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tercentennial  year,  and  no  one  better  equipped 
to  carry  out  the  memorial  to  honor  the  past. 
Mr.  Goodwin  is  a  member  of  a  family  of  dis- 
tinguished Churchmen,  with  love  of  State  and 
Country,  to  revere  memories  of  the  Founding 
Men  of  America. 

The  expense  of  restoration  is  a  free-will  of- 
fering— $27,000,  and  a  fund  is  being  raised  for 
the  perpetual  maintenance  of  the  Mecca 
Church,  that  is  not  only  regarded  the  Colonial 
Abbey  of  our  country  but  a  shrine  to  perpetuate 
eternal  memories  of  great  men  and  great  deeds 
— men  whom  the  world  delight  to  honor. 

The  Jamestown  Church  was  occupied  by  the 
Royal  Governors.  The  Bruton  Church  was 
erected  thirty-three  years  after  the  death  of 
Governor  Matthews,  by  Governor  Spottswood, 
making  Bruton  Church  eldest  daughter  of  the 
Jamestown  church  and  "heir  by  right"  held 
the  relics  and  belongings  of  the  Mother  church, 
including  the  gold  communion  service  and 
other  relics  of  great  value. 

The  first  Jamestown  church  of  wood  logs 
was  built  1607;  rebuilt  in  brick  1639;  that  be- 
came in  time  a  ruin — only  a  tower  left  of  her 
former  glory.  The  Colonial  Dames  of  Amer- 
ica have  done  a  noble  work  in  restoring  the 
Island  Church  upon  original  lines.  The  chair 
of  the  Royal  Governors  will  no  doubt  be  placed 
therein  as  a  feature  of  the  period.  Nor  was 
Jamestown  church  without  a  bell  to  ring  out 
tidings  of  joy  and  sorrow,  and  the  reproduc- 
tion of  the  old  bell,  bearing  the  name  of  Poca- 
hontas, is  a  popular  memorial,  and  while  the 
Jamestown  church  may  not  stand  so  pre-emin- 
ent  for  Colonial  memories  as  the  Williams- 

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burg  church,  the  church  of  the  Colonial  Gov- 
ernors, it  will  always  be  a  point  of  interest  to 
Pilgrims  of  the  James,  as  the  first  church  of 
the  Pioneers  of  our  country. 

At  the  two  hundred  and  thirteenth  annual 
commencement  of  the  Old  Crown  College  of 
William  and  Mary,  at  Williamsburg,  Virginia, 
June  8th,  the  degree  of  LL.D.  was  conferred 
upon  Col.  George  Clinton  Batcheller,  of  New 
York  City,  who  is  a  native  son  of  Massachu- 
setts,— an  honor  to  the  Old  Bay  State  to  add 
another  tide-water  episode — to  enhance  mem- 
ories of  Virginia. 

The  enclosed  note  from  Col.  Batcheller  gives 
a  key  note  of  fraternity.  Perhaps  the  trustees 
recalled  the  incident  when  the  Colonial  troops, 
1775,  called  upon  Congress  for  a  Commander- 
in-Chief,  when  Mr.  John  Adams  quietly  re- 
marked, "Mr.  Washington  lives  in  Virginia" ; 
practically  his  suggestion  was  a  nomination  of 
"The  Great  Virginian"  who  became  leader. 

"Then  none  was  for  the  party, 

And  all  were  for  the  State, 
Then  the  great  men  helped  the  poor, 
And  the  poor  men  loved  the  great." 

If  other  rich  men  would  follow  the  example 
of  Dr.  Batcheller  the  old  college  of  William  and 
Mary  could  be  made  The  Pride  of  Our  Coun- 
try, the  Mecca  of  Historical  Research,  the 
Mother  Home  of  Education. 

Macauley  said  truely,  "A  people  which  takes 
no  pride  in  the  noble  achievements  of  their  re- 
mote  ancestors   will   never   achieve    anything 

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worthy  to  be  remembered  by  remote  descend- 
ants."   This  is  true  also  of  individuals. 

Dr.  Batcheller  evidently  is  a  Disciple  of  Re- 
search and  a  friend  of  the  old  college  of  Wil- 
liam and  Mary. 

June  15,  1907. 

Lyon  Gardiner  Tyler,  LL.D.,  President 

College  of  William  and  Mary,  Virginia. 

My  Dear  Sir: — I  am  just  back  from  Denver,  Colo., 
and  I  found  on  my  desk  yesterday  morning,  your  tele- 
gram awaiting  my  arrival,  dated  June  8th,  which  reads 
as  follows :  "Doctor  of  Laws  conferred  on  you  by 
William  and  Mary.  Congratulations." 

Your  letter  of  the  14th  reached  me  this  morning,  con- 
firming the  action  of  the  Faculty  and  Board  of  Visitors 
of  the  College  of  William  and  Mary  in  Virginia.  Words 
can  not  express  my  deep  appreciation  of  the  highest 
honor  that  can  be  conferred  upon  an  American.  I  also 
feel  greatly  honored  by  having  the  Degree  conferred 
upon  me  at  the  same  time  as  the  distinguished  Virginian, 
Hon.  Phillip  Alexander  Bruce. 

Now,  as  an  Alumnae  of  "William  and  Mary,"  it  will 
bring  this  institution  very  close  to  my  heart,  feeling  that 
I  am  fully  identified  with  the  cradle  of  learning,  from 
which  our  most  distinguished  men  of  colonial  times  laid 
the  foundation  of  what  is  now  the  foremost  government 
on  the  face  of  the  earth. 

Again  I  beg  to  thank  you  for  your  felicitous  remarks. 
With  great  respect,  I  am, 

Faithfully  yours, 
(Signed)       Geo.   Clinton   Batcheller. 

In  the  Baltimore  Sun  you  will  find  in  the 
Heraldry  column  the  perfected  chain  of  lineage 
that  gives  you  "a  Virginia  cousin"  in  Mrs. 
Moritz  O.  Kopperl,  granddaughter  of  Thom- 
as Matthews,  who  left  the  Old  Dominion 
to  found  a  branch  of  the  family  tree  in  Texas, 
is  completed.  Your  cousin's  daughter,  Wal- 
dine,  will  meet  the  Daughters  of  the  Found- 
ers and  Patriots  at  Williamsburg,  October  12, 
1907,  to  attend  the  general  communion  ser- 

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vice  to  be  held  in  the  old  church  October  13th. 
when  the  Chapter  D.  F.  P.  A.,  of  which  my 
sister  is  president,  will  attend  in  a  body,  to  take 
the  cup  of  remembrance.  I  hope  you  and  your 
wife  will  be  present,  and  "as  ye  do  this  in  His 
name,"  give  thanks  to  God  for  the  life,  work 
and  character  of  Samuel  Matthews,  who  is  to 
me  the  pioneer  hero  of  American  History. 
There  is  another  chieftain  who  stands  only 
second  in  my  hero  worship,  another  Virginian, 
George  Rogers  Clark,  "the  Hannibal  of  the 
West." 

In  conclusion  let  me  add,  it  is  my  hope  that 
you  may  make  one  of  your  homes  on  some 
part  of  "the  sacred  soil"  of  the  Denbigh  Plan- 
tation, the  American  home  of  your  ancestor, 
to  stand  an  enduring  memorial  to  the  Mat- 
thews family,  a  family  with  a  grand  colonial 
background  since  Founding  Days  of  Virginia, 
to  attest  "to  soil  brave  men  are  ever  true." 

And  now,  my  friend  of  memories, 
I'll  wake  the  echoes  with  refrain, 
The  echoes  known  to  every  heart, 
"Never  again!  Never  again." 
Echoes  from  the  old  Welsh  mountains, 
Echoes  from  Great  Britain's  shore, 
Echoes  from  the  land  of  Baldwin, 
The  old  time  echo,  "Never  more." 
Echoes  from  Denbigh  Plantation, 
Echoes  from  Point  Comfort  shore, 
Echoes  from  the  Old  James  River, 
Echoes  we  seek  to  hear  once  more. 
Echoes  from  the  Mississippi, 
Echoes  from  the  Tappan  Zee, 
Echoes  from  the  Rappahannock, 
They  call  to  you — they  call  to  me. 

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S^emorieg    of    Virginia 

Let  us  listen  to  the  voices, 
In  this  our  year  of  jubilee, 
The  echo  call  to  Founders  kin, 
The  echo  of  Eternity. 
From  the  Old  James  we  answer  back, 
Names  we  love  "Over  the  River," 
The  friends  of  many  memories. 
And  render  thanks  to  the  Great  Giver 
For  life  and  love  of  those  who  sleep, 
In  Hollywood  under  the  trees, 
The  Holy  City  on  the  James, 
The  Mecca  Shrine  of  Memories. 

I  know  your  love  of  State  and  from  your 
heart  you  will  echo  the  tribute  to  the  Old 
Dominion  written  by  a  son  of  Louisiana,  who 
loved — 

VIRGINIA. 

"There  is  nowhere  a  land  so  fair 

As  old  Virginia. 
So  full  of  song,  so  free  from  care 

As  old  Virginia. 
And  I  believe  that  happy  land 
That  God  prepared  for  mortal  man 
Is  built  exactly  on  the  plan 

Of  old  Virginia. 

The  roses  nowhere  bloom  so  white, 

As  in  Virginia, 
The  sunshine  nowhere  seems  so  bright 

As  in  Virginia, 
The  birds  sing  nowhere  quite  so  sweet, 
And  nowhere  hearts  so  lightly  beat, 
For  heaven  and  earth  do  seem  to  meet 

Down  in  Virginia. 

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6$emorie0    ot    Virginia 

The  days  are  never  quite  so  long 

As  in  Virginia, 
Nor  quite  so  filled  with  happy  song 

As  in  Virginia, 
And  when  my  time  shall  come  to  die, 
Just  take  me  back  and  let  me  lie 
Close  where  the  James  goes  rolling  by 

Down  in  Virginia." 


My  Dear  Friend: 

I  have  made  a  discovery,  the  author  I  long 
have  sought,  and  can  give,  with  much  pleasure, 
the  pedigree  of  the  beautiful  poem  Virginia, 
that  has  touched  hearts  with  the  emotional 
sentiment  of  "Home  Sweet  Home."  It  was 
written  by  Mr.  Harry  Curran  Wilbur,  a  son 
of  Prof.  George  E.  Wilbur,  of  Bloomsburg, 
Penna.,  who  graduated  at  old  Dickinson  Col- 
lege, Carlisle,  Penna.  The  poem  was  published 
in  the  Wheeling  Register,  June,  1903.  He  is 
now  editor  of  the  Times  Union,  Jacksonville, 
Florida.  He  married  Miss  Dorothy  Thornton 
Maloney,  "A  Daughter  of  Virginia,"  and  from 
this  fact  it  is  easy  to  understand  that  when  a 
man  is  in  love  with  his  wife  it  is  easy  for  him 
to  adopt  her  sentiments  of  state.  You  know 
I  speak  from  experience,  you  will  observe  that 
I  wrote  of  him  "A  Son  of  Louisiana,"  but  now 
that  the  author  and  authorship  is  known,  I  am 
happy  to  give  "A  Son  of  Pennsylvania,"  and 
"A  Son-in-Law  of  Virginia,"  an  assured  wel- 
come in  Memories  of  Virginia,  nor  do  I  accept 
the  parody  you  sent  me  on  the  dear  old  State. 
She  may  be  slow  in  the  present,  but  she  is  sure 
of  her  past,  nor  can  it  be  taken  from  her. 

F.  A.  D. 

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pernor iz$    of    Virginia 

EXPOSITION   EVENTS   AND 
EPISODES,  1907. 

Jamestown,  May  13. 

The  Exposition  as  an  historical  event  should 
appeal  to  every  American  as  an  object  lesson  to 
create  admiration,  nor  should  we  forget  what 
the  tercentennial  celebration  stands  for.  It  is 
of  little  moment  whether  all  detail  to  please  the 
eye  and  secure  comfort  is  perfected  or  not,  but 
to  keep  in  view  the  historical  fact  that  James- 
town is  the  birthplace  of  our  country  is  import- 
ant. This  truth  is  sufficient  to  invite  a  pilgrim- 
age to  the  James  River,  and  from  a  compara- 
tive point  of  view  between  now  and  then,  in- 
spire patriotism  and  create  satisfaction. 

I  stood  under  the  Powhatan  Oak,  on  the  Ex- 
position Grounds,  an  oak  known  to  have  been 
in  existence  at  the  time  the  colonists  landed  in 
1607,  and  it  is  declared  by  experts  in  forestry 
to  be  three  hundred  and  fifty-five  years  old  and 
still  a  vigorous  sentinel  of  the  coast,  once 
known  as  Powhatan  Oak  of  Weyanoke  and 
later  the  Oak  of  Denbigh,  the  grand  old  tree 
known  from  generation  to  generation  and  en- 
joyed by  those  who  have  long  since  rested  un- 
der the  shade  of  the  eternal  trees.  Its  age  is 
marked  with  a  tablet,  perhaps  it  is  the  only 
tree  extant  to  tell  the  wind  and  wave  story  of 
the  pioneers,  when  the  birth  of  our  nation  was 
recorded  three  centuries  ago. 

The  International  Naval  Review  is  so  im- 
pressed upon  my  vision  I  must  add  a  supple- 
ment to  Virginia  memories.  The  great  naval 
fleet  gave  me  an  opportunity  to  moralize  upon 
changed  conditions  since  the  arrival  May  13, 

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1607  of  the  God  speed  of  40  tons,  under  com- 
mand of  Captain  Gosnord ;  the  Sarah  Constant, 
100  tons  burden,  under  command  of  Captain 
Newport,  and  the  Discovery,  of  20  tons,  under 
command  of  Captain  Ratcliffe.  May  13,  1907 
— only  three  hundred  years  ago — yet  what 
progress :  To-day  in  line  of  battle  a  wonderful 
sea  view  of  the  great  battleships  lying  at  anchor 
in  Hampton  Roads,  the  haven  of  the  pioneers, 
where  scores  of  mighty  warships  stand  a  monu- 
ment to  the  centuries.  The  illumination,  I  be- 
lieve, was  the  grandest  naval  display  ever  seen 
on  sea  or  land ;  perhaps  another  of  such  bril- 
liancy and  renown  may  never  be  seen,  certainly 
not  under  the  same  conditions.  While  looking 
at  the  wonderful  display  from  a  point  of  land 
thrust  out  like  an  arm  to  save  men  of  the  sea,  I 
reflected  upon  the  history  of  Hampton  Roads, 
and  it  gave  me  pleasure  that  the  Jamestown 
celebration  is  on  the  Estate  of  Denbigh ;  that 
the  salute  of  ''Welcome"  is  sounding  over  the 
Roads  from  Fortress  Monroe,  the  original 
headquarters  of  your  ancestor,  overlooking  the 
wonderful  harbor  known  to  every  mariner  of 
old  ocean,  that  is  reached  through  a  gateway 
of  waters  admitting  the  voyager  to  a  sheltered 
inland  sea  known  to  all  the  world  since  the 
May  Day  discovery,  1607,  a  haven  of  safety. 
How  many  noble  ships,  under  flags  of  every 
nation,  have  entered  the  gateway  of  the  James  ? 
How  many  anchors  have  been  cast,  how  many 
sails  furled,  how  many  tempest-tossed  mariners 
with  "Thanks  to  God  for  deliverance,"  have 
found  the  spit  of  land  a  point  of  comfort? 

To  the  students  of  naval  history  the  harbor 
of  Hampton  Roads  must  ever  possess  interest- 

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ing  associations,  for  in  its  waters  has  been 
made  history  since  1607.  Since  Discovery  Day 
Point  Comfort  has  held  prominent  place  in 
the  annals  of  two  worlds.  As  a  government 
reservation  on  which  Fortress  Monroe  stands, 
and  two  famous  hotels  have  made  record  to 
attract  the  pilgrims  of  the  James.  The  "dear 
old  Hygeia"  is  now  a  memory,  it  was  in  the 
range  of  the  guns  of  the  fort  and  was  removed 
by  order  of  the  U.  S.  Government,  but  it  lives 
in  many  hearts  to  echo  the  voice  of  the  past. 
The  Chamberlin  is  a  living  pleasure  and  with 
pride  can  claim  to  be  the  most  popular  resort 
of  our  "Home  and  Country." 

An  historical  halo  lingers  over  Old  Point 
that  is  seen  and  felt,  and  no  one  returns  to  the 
mainland  of  "the  continent"  without  having 
heard  of  the  famous  naval  fight  between  the 
Merrimac  and  Monitor,  that  has  given  "The 
Beautiful  Waters"  a  place  in  the  world's  rec- 
ords that  will,  live  "while  there  is  snow  on  the 
mountain  or  foam  on  the  river." 

Perhaps  a  Viking  God  may  have  inspired  a 
Son  of  Norway  and  a  Son  of  America,  then 
commissioned  the  Merrimac  and  Monitor,  to 
demonstrate  the  deadly  power  and  destruction 
of  armored  warships,  and  the  object  lesson  be 
given  in  the  famous  harbor  of  many  memories. 
Perhaps  to  show  the  nations  of  the  world  the 
progress  and  expansion  since  the  ships  of  Col- 
umbus touched  the  new  world  shore,  with  what 
was  regarded  "a  wonder  fleet." 

A  century  later  Hampton  Roads  was  the 
shelter  harbor  for  a  fleet  of  destiny,  the  results 
we  are  celebrating  to-day,  nor  do  we  forget 
only  a  century  ago  the  United  States  Frigate, 

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The  Last  of  the  Wooden  Navy 

The   "Merrimac"   in  its  engagement  with  the  Federal  Fleet 
in  Hampton  Roads  March  9,  1862 
First  day's  fight:  The  destruction  of  the  Cumberland 
and  Congress 


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Memories    of    Virginia 

Constitution,  was  regarded  "a  wonder  ship." 
To-day  she  is  a  "relic."  But  it  was  the  mission 
of  the  Merrimac  and  Montior  to  stand  for  the 
birth,  and  to  be  known  as  the  progenitors  of 
the  new  navy  of  destruction,  1862,  but  the 
scientific  succession  of  expansion  in  art  of  naval 
armament  and  war,  to  stand  a  miracle  of  pro- 
gress, is  demonstrated,  1907,  and  one  of  the 
largest  ship  building  yards  in  the  world  is  lo- 
cated at  Newport  News,  on  Hampton  Roads, 
where  the  first  encounter  between  iron  ar- 
mored vessels  of  war  took  place.  A  sea  fight 
between  ironclads  that  revolutionized  the  navies 
of  the  world. 

The  Merrimac,  built  at  Norfolk  Navy  Yard, 
commanded  by  Admiral  Buchanan,  of  the  Con- 
federate States  Navy,  left  Norfolk  on  its  mis- 
sion of  experimental  destruction  March,  8, 
1862,  when  the  Federal  Fleet  was  lying  at  an- 
chorage at  Newport  News,  six  miles  from  For- 
tress Monroe ;  when,  to  the  astonishment  of  the 
Federal  officers,  they  saw  issuing  from  the 
Elizabeth  river  a  strange  looking  craft,  a  vessel 
of  a  new  and  unknown  order,  a  black  monster 
propelled  by  steam  headed  toward  the  fleet  with 
hostile  intentions,  and  before  the  character  of 
the  monster  was  realized,  she  hurled  herself 
upon  the  Federal  ships,  crashing  in  the  sides  of 
the  Congress  and  Cumberland  like  glass  walls, 
the  noble  ships  and  gallant  seamen  fell  prey  to 
the  monster  and  found  watery  graves  in  Hamp- 
ton Roads  on  the  very  shore  of  safety. 

The  world  was  shocked  over  the  sea  tragedy, 
and  the  cause  for  effect  was  hard  to  explain  and 
more  hard  to  understand,  and  a  sensation  ex- 
perienced unknown  to  our  generation.  Great 
sorrow  was  felt  for  sailors  and  ships  that  so  un- 

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expectedly  met  the  king  of  terror  in  the  gate- 
way of  Home  under  the  sheltering  arms  of 
Fortress  Monroe. 

The  Merrimac  returned  uninjured  to  Nor- 
folk, but  all  were  sure  the  black  monster  would 
make  a  second  return  and  anxious,  earnest  eyes 
watched  for  the  reappearance  of  the  apparently 
invincible  craft. 

At  dawn  the  following  morning,  upon  the  re- 
turn of  the  Merrimac,  another  monster  awaited 
her  in  Hampton  Roads  ready  for  encounter,  a 
strange  looking  vessel  that  seemed  a  raft  with 
a  turret  rising  from  the  center.  It  was  the  fa- 
mous Monitor,  just  completed  in  Brooklyn 
Navy  Yard,  that,  during  the  night  had  unex- 
pectedly arrived  from  New  York.  If  there  was 
surprise  neither  made  sign,  and  without  a  mo- 
ment's hesitation  the  two  monsters  met  in  a 
duel  of  death,  neither  expected  or  desired  quar- 
ter, both  fought  with  equal  valor  and  deadly 
effect,  both  suffered  but  neither  was  destroyed, 
and  both  stood  the  shock  of  battle  without 
much  injury.  The  Monitor  was  as  deadly  ir. 
execution  as  the  Merrimac,  but  neither  was 
victor  or  vanquished,  both,  however,  fulfilled  a 
mission  to  demonstrate  in  Hampton  Roads 
"The  Last  of  the  Wooden  Navy."  The  Merri- 
mac returned  to  Norfolk,  the  Monitor  remained 
at  Newport  News,  but  the  career  of  each  was 
brief,  and  not  long  after  both  found  eternal  an- 
chorage under  the  waves,  the  Merrimac,  near 
the  scene  of  her  greatness,  was  sunk  by  her 
commander.  Commodore  Tatnall,  who  gave 
her  to  the  waves  rather  than  surrender  her  to 
the  enemy.  The  Monitor  was  lost  in  a  storm, 
but  both  live  in  memory,  and  the  naval  duel  of 
the  first  ironclads  has  been  described  by  pens  of 
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admiration  in  every  language  to  pass  over  the 
cable  of  time.  The  birthplace  of  the  ironclad 
navy  and  the  story  of  a  sea  fight  that  will  not 
only  live  in  history  and  song  but  stand  a  rec- 
ord on  canvas  to  hang  on  walls  of  fame  as  it 
lives  in  memory  to  give  touch  and  color  to  the 
battle  in  the  Harbor  of  Discovery,  the  Point  of 
Comfort,  the  cradle  kingdom  of  the  white  man 
of  the  new  world. 

It  is  left  to  us  to  honor  the  sons  of  the  sea, 
brave  men  who  go  into  the  depths,  with  the  old 
Viking's  cry  sounding  over  the  waves  of  death 
and  distruction,  "Don't  Give  Up  the  Ship." 

The  sea  tragedy  in  Hampton  Roads,  1907, 
when  eleven  sons  of  the  sea  went  down  in  sight 
of  ships,  in  sight  of  land,  near  Fort  Wool, 
known  to  all  mariners  "The  Rip  Raps,"  an 
anchorage  of  safety,  is  only  second  to  the  trag- 
edy in  Hampton  Roads,  1862. 

The  death  of  eleven  sons  of  the  sea  that  June 
night,  after  a  day  of  pleasure  and  pride  amid 
environments  to  arouse  patriotism  and  inspire 
emulation  is  one  of  pathetic  sorrow,  there  are 
tears  in  eyes  and  regret  in  hearts  for  the  young 
officers  and  seamen  that  met  tragic  death,  but 
they  died  "on  duty,"  the  last  of  many  bright 
days  of  their  young  lives  was  one  to  pay  honor 
to  the  President  of  the  United  States,  the 
Roosevelt  of  America.  It  is  left  to  our  people 
to  honor  the  sea,  and  to  patriotic  memorial  so- 
cieties to  deck  the  waves  with  flowers  of  re- 
membrance to  "Our  Vikings"  who  sleep  well 
under  the  waves  of  old  ocean,  and  "In  Memo- 
riam"  we  waft  the  grand  old  anthem,  "Out  of 
the  Depths,"  for  the  dead  seamen  who  have 
crossed  the  eternal  bar,  who  have  reached  the 
shore  beyond. 

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©cm ones    of    Virginia 

Exposition  Grounds, 
Jamestown,  Va.,  June  7,  1907. 

This  is  Tide  Water  Day  and  men  of  the 
river,  like  Vikings  of  old,  are  gathering  on  the 
coast  to  pay  tribute  to  tide  water  counties,  and 
as  it  was  in  the  wilderness  period,  so  it  is  now, 
every  path  of  the  river  leads  to  the  sea. 

The  tide  water  men  from  each  shore  town. 
Sail  the  river  roads  to  Old  Jamestown. 
Their  tributes  to  pay  to  the  Hampton  sea. 
Tide  water  day  of  the  jubilee. 

The  men  of  Cape  Henry  and  Charles  on  the  lee, 
The  men  of  Roanoke,  the  Island  of  Raleigh, 
The  men  of  Tappahannock,  who  love  the  In- 
dian name, 
The    men    of    Rappahannock,    of    Civil    War 
fame. 

The  East  Shore,  men  of  Old  Accomack, 
The  men  of  the  James,  the  men  of  the  York, 
The  men  of  Elizabeth,  the  shire  by  the  sea, 
The  men  of  Portsmouth,  the  men  of  Berkeley, 
The  men  of  Gloucester,  the  river  men  of  Suf- 
folk, 
The  men  of  Matthews,  the  river  men  of  Nor- 
folk, 
The  Essex  men,  the  Sussex  men,  Vikings  of  the 
Sea. 

The  men  of  Warwick,  the  men  of  Denbigh, 
The  men  of  Hampton,  the  men  of  Newport. 
The  men  of  Old  Point,  the  men  of  the  Fort. 
The  tide  water  men,  the  bold,  the  brave,  the 

free. 
The  sons  of  the  Pounders,  the  men  of  the  sea. 

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The  Alpha  men  on  the  James  to  found, 
The  Keystone  Arch  of  a  New  World  Home, 
The  Scottish  Chief  of  England's  Union  Crown, 
The  first  British  King  of  Old  Jamestown. 

On  June  15,  the  Pocahontas  Bell  will  sound 
its  memorial  notes  over  Hampton  Roads.  I 
will  give  you  the  keynote  and  after  that  event 
I  will  adopt  the  motto  of  Alabama,  "Here  I 
rest." 


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emoties    of    Virginia 


THE   POCAHONTAS  MEMORIAL 
BELL 

The  incorporators  of  the  Association  are 
Mrs.  Green,  Mrs.  Darling,  Mrs.  Halsey,  the 
membership  limited  to  one  hundred  members ; 
Mrs.  Green  Regent. 

The  bell  was  cast  April  1907,  at  the  Mc- 
Shane  Bell  Foundry,  Baltimore;  the  work  be- 
gan by  candle  light — a  candle  in  the  old  brass 
candlestick — donated  in  memory  of  Governor 
Matthews,  was  made  a  medium  to  cast  a  reflec- 
tion to  typify  "the  work  of  the  present  being 
aided  by  the  light  of  other  days."  The  bell 
weighs  500  pounds,  and  is  29  inches  in  diame- 
ter.    The  inscription : 

THE  DOMINION,  1607— VIRGINIA,  1907. 

[On  the  other  side:] 

PRESENTED   BY 

THE  POCAHONTAS  BELL  ASSOCIATION 

ANNE  S.   GREEN,  President. 

These    mingled   metals  rich  and  kind, 
Their  purpose  high,  the  intent  sublime. 

Amen. 

The  metal  employed  is  historic  and  relics 
valued  as  heirlooms  were  contributed  by 
American  descendants  of  the  Seventeenth  cen- 
tury, to  ring  out  the  Legends  of  the  Indian 
Girl. 

There  is  sentiment  and  historic  interest  in 

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the  Bell  of  Many  Memories  that  will  win  and 
hold  place  in  the  hearts  of  our  people  only 
second  to  the  Liberty  Bell  of  1776. 

Jamestown  Church  is  the  logical  home  of 
the  Bell  of  Relics;  the  next  claim  Williams- 
burg, where  Pocahontas  was  known  to  the 
suffering  pioneers  of  the  starvation  period, 
as  "the  Angel  of  Mercy." 

Let  us  for  a  moment  reflect  upon  the 
hopes  and  fears,  the  pledges  and  prayers  of  the 
Church  of  the  Pioneers,  now  a  memory;  but 
the  influences  from  off  that  altar  will  live  for- 
ever. It  gave  the  keynote  of  the  prelude  that 
led  to  an  orchestra  of  possibilities — to  give  to 
a  new  world  and  people,  "Liberty,  Home  and 
Country."  Let  us  hope  the  memorial  bell  of 
1907  may  ever  ring  out  to  Cavalier  and  Puritan 
descendents  peace  and  good  will,  the  joy-note 
of  union. 

The  bell  will  hang  in  the  "Daniel  Boone 
Fort,"  Kentucky  Reservation  during  the  expo- 
sition. 

The  Kentucky  building  is  unique,  with  log 
stockade,  log  block  house,  amid  environments 
familiar  to  the  pioneers,  making  "the  Reserva- 
tion" a  fitting  place  for  the  Pocahontas  Bell. 

There  is  no  place  on  the  Exposition  grounds 
so  primitive  in  appearance,  so  rustic  in  con- 
struction as  Fort  Boone.  The  money  for  its 
construction  was  contributed  by  the  school  chil- 
dren of  Kentucky,  as  a  loving  tribute  to  Vir- 
ginia, the  mother  of  States,  the  old  home  of 
memories. 

The  bell  will  be  dedicated  with  formal  cere- 
mony June  15,  1907,  and  may  it  ever  ring  out 
"Peace  and  Good  Will." 

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Inside  Inn,  June  18,  1907. 
It  is  a  matter  of  regret  that  I  failed  to  wit- 
ness the  dedication  of  the  Pocahontas  Bell.  I 
send  you  the  clipping  from  Baltimore  Sun,  the 
names  of  the  contributors  were  given,  also  read 
as  a  part  of  the  ceremony  and  set  forth  in  de- 
tail. You  will  also  observe  your  Alma  Mater 
instead  of  Williamsburg  may  become  the  per- 
manent home,  but  as  the  University  of  Vir- 
ginia is  a  daughter  of  William  and  Mary,  we 
are  all  satisfied. 


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Gives  Pocahontas  Bell 


Governor  Swanson   Receives  It  From  Society 
for  University. 


DAY'S  FEATURE  AT  EXPOSITION 


Poem  Written  for  the  Event  By  the  Bentztown  Bard  is 
Read — Governor  and  Others  Speak. 

(Special  Dispatch  to  the  Baltimore  Sun.) 
Norfolk,  Va.,  June  15. — The  Pocahontas  bell,  cast 
from  historic  pieces  of  metal,  donated  for  the  purpose 
by  prominent  persons  in  various  parts  of  the  country, 
was  formally  presented  to  the  Pocahontas  Bell  Associa- 
tion on  the  Kentucky  reservation  on  the  Exposition 
grounds  this  afternoon.  The  bell  stood  on  the  right 
of  the  main  entrance  to  the  representation  of  old  Fort 
Boone,  which  is  Kentucky's  Exposition  building. 

A  large  crowd  witnessed  the  ceremonies.  Governor 
Swanson,  of  Virginia,  whose  fame  as  an  orator  has 
been  increased  by  his  numerous  speeches  called  forth  by 
the  Exposition,  was  the  orator  of  this  occasion,  and  the 
speech  was  one  of  the  best  that  he  has  made.  It  was 
deep  in  its  historic  significance,  and  it  made  a  pleasing 
and  doubtless  lasting  impression  on  his  audience.  The 
Governor  received  the  bell  on  behalf  of  the  faculty  of 
the  University  of  Virginia,  to  which  institution  the  bell 
will  be  intrusted  at  the  close  of  the  Exposition.  Other 
speakers  at  the  ceremonies  were  T.  J.  Wool,  the  general 
counsel  of  the  Exposition,  and  Major  Hunter. 

Mrs.  Grant  Reads  Poem. 

A  poem  written  for  the  occasion  by  the  Bentztown 

Bard,  of  The  Sun,  in  response  to  an  invitation  from  the 

Pocahontas  Bell  Society,  was  read  by  Mrs.  N.  G.  Grant, 

of  Denver,  Col.    The  Bentztown  Bard  had  himself  been 

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requested  to  read  his  verses,  but  was  unable  to  be  pres- 
ent, and  asked  Mrs.  Grant  to  take  his  place  on  the  pro- 
gram.    The  poem  follows : 

The  Voice  of  the  Bell. 

By  the  Bentstow-n  Bard. 

I  am  the  voice  of  the  bell,  named  of  her  name  and  sweet 
With  metals  fused  by  the  glowing  flame  of  love  in  the 

crucible's  heat; 
I  am  the  voice  of  her  heart,  and  her  charm,  and  her 

virgin  grace. 
Who  stood  in  the  path  of  the  savage  blow  with  pity 

upon  her  face. 
I  am  the  voice  of  her  soul,  who  was  princess  and  woman, 

too, 
A  rose  of  the  tawny  bloom  that  bloomed  under  these 

skies  of  blue! 

I  am  the  voice  of  the  bell  in  whose  sweet  throat  they've 
spun 

Metal  of  worth  from  Northern  homes  and  homes  of  the 
Southern  sun; 

Blended  and  massed  and  fused,  dim  treasures  of  mem- 
ory old, 

Silver  and  copper,  and  bronze,  and  brass,  and  gold  of  the 
yellow  gold; 

Out  of  one  speaks  the  tongue  and  the  heart  of  the  sov- 
ereign land, 

A  sisterhood  of  the  sister  States,  neighborly,  hand  in 
hand ! 

I  am  the  voice  of  the  bell,  Virginia's  bell  and  time's ; 
Ringing  the  revel  of  golden  years   in  revel  of  golden 

chimes; 
Ringing  the  old  days  back,  sweet  as  they  were  before, 
With   loveliness   of  the  olden   love   and   charm   of  the 

ancient  lore ; 
Ringing  the  new  and  true,  the  tocsin  of  splendid  days, 
With  hope  and  cheer  for  the  onward  years  lighting  the 

golden  ways ! 

I   am  the  voice  of  the  bell,   with   a   rose   song  in  my 

mouth, 
Ringing  the   faith  of  a   woman's   heart  over  the   rosy 

South ; 
Ringing  her  fame  afar  and  ringing  her  name  on  high — 
A  woman  of  worth  when  the  young  green  earth  bloomed 

under  a  tender  sky ! 
I  am  Virginia's  bell,  and  the  glory  of  her  is  mine, 
As  the  glory  of  her,  O  land  we  love,  is  ever  and  ever 

thine! 

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Ring  me  and  ye  shall  hear  the  hammers  that  strike  my 

rim 
Echo  the  glory  of  deeds  and  days  ages  shall  not  make 

dim; 
Trinkets  were  brought  to  me  from  masters  and  mansions 

great, 
Relics  were  wrought  in  me  of  field  and  forum  and  State, 
And  in  me  they  molded,  too,  the  voice  of  the  deeds  that 

ring 
Wherever  the  lips  of  the  legions  shout,  the  voices  of 

freemen  sing! 

I  am  the  voice  of  the  bell,  named  of  her  name  and  sweet 
With    melody    of    a    woman's    heart    and    dancing    of 

woman's  feet ! 
I  am  the  voice  of  the  past,  and  I  am  the  voice  that  thrills 
Out  of  Virginia's  heart  of  hearts,  over  her  hill  of  hills; 
Voice  of  the  North  and  South,  tender  and  strong  and 

true, 
Ringing  the  hope  of  the  sister  States  under  these  skies 

of  blue ! 

Was  Cast  in  Baltimore. 

The  bell  was  cast  at  the  McShane  foundry,  in  Balti- 
more, and  its  composition  includes,  in  addition  to  other 
historic  metal,  a  piece  of  the  Columbian  bell,  which  was 
sent  to  the  Chicago  exposition  in  1893,  and  also  pennies 
given  by  many  schoolchildren. 

Among  the  interested  spectators  present  was  Mrs. 
Anna  S.  Green,  of  Culpeper,  Va.,  who  founded  the  Poca- 
hontas Bell  Association.  Music  for  the  occasion  was 
furnished  by  the  band  from  the  University  of  Missouri. 

Among  the  old  relics  of  the  seventeenth  cen- 
tury presented  to  increase  the  value  of  the 
memorial  bell  the  following  contributors  stand 
recorded : 

William  B.  Matthews  presents  a  very  old 
brass  candlestick  in  memory  of  his  father, 
James  Muscoe  Matthews,  descendant  of  the 
last  royal  governor  of  the  Dominion. 

Charles  B.  Tiernan,  a  lineal  descendant  of 
Pocahontas,  through  the  Boiling  line,  presents 
old  coin  and  other  relics  of  founding  days. 

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John  Quincy  Adams,  lineal  descendant  of 
Henry  Adams,  1630,  Henry  Sampson,  1620, 
presents,  as  Secretary  of  the  Flag  House  Asso- 
ciation, Philadelphia,  Penn.,  a  gold  ring  of  the 
colonial  period  in  memory  of  Betsy  Ross,  who 
made  the  first  flag  of  the  American  Republic. 
The  glory  of  the  flag,  like  the  ring,  stands  a 
symbol  without  end. 

Mrs.  Sadie  Adams  Smith,  lineal  descendant 
of  Henry  Adams,  1630,  and  Captain  Samuel 
Wadsworth,  1630;  also  Paul  Dustin  and  Rev. 
Robert  Gordon,  all  of  Massachusetts,  wife  of 
Le  Roy  Sunderland  Smith,  a  lineal  descendant 
of  George  Smith,  son  of  John  Smith,  of  James- 
town, Va.,  who  settled  Dover,  N.  H.,  1640, 
and  maternally  descendant  of  Gov.  Benning 
Wentworth,  also  his  son.  Gov.  John  Went- 
worth,  of  the  royal  province  of  New  Hamp- 
shire, 1630,  presents  in  memory  of  her  nephew, 
Robert  Gordon  Everett,  the  Boy  Hero  of  San 
Juan  Hill,  a  medal  of  honor  of  the  Centennial 
Exposition,  Philadelphia,  1876. 

Mrs.  Flora  Adams  Darling,  lineal  descend- 
ant of  Henry  Adams,  1630,  and  Hannah  Dus- 
tin, 1620,  presents  a  watch  chain  charm  of 
English  and  American  memories  of  her  hus- 
band. Gen.  Edward  Irving  Darling,  C.  S.  A., 
and  her  son  of  the  same  name. 

Mrs.  Alice  Fountleroy  Turner,  wife  of  Wm. 
Wm.  B.  Matthews,  lineal  descendant  of  Sir 
Henry  Turner,  1640,  presents  an  old  coin, 
1780,  in  memory  of  her  father,  Col.  George 
Turner,  of  King  George's  County,  Virginia. 

Mrs.  Rose  Turner  Hunter,  widow  of  Robert 
Hunter,  and  lineal  descendant  of  Sir  Harry 
Turner,  presents,  in  memory  of  her  mother, 
an  old  coin  of  Dominion  memories. 

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John  Quincy  Adams 

Secretary  Flag  House  and   Betsy  Ross  Memorial  Association 


Memories    of    Virginia 

Mrs.  Caroline  Virginia  Sinclair  Jones  Eng- 
lish, widow  of  Col.  Thomas  C.  English,  U.  S. 
A.,  lineal  descendant  of  the  Earl  of  Cairthress 
of  Scotland;  through  Captain  Henry  Sinclair, 
second  son,  who  came  to  this  country  1622. 
She  presents  a  silver  tea  bell  over  300  years 
old,  used  in  Scotland  and  this  country  by  the 
Sinclairs,  and  through  her  own  army  life  from 
1850,  to  the  memory  of  her  father,  Cary  Selden 
Jones,  Esquire,  of  the  Old  Dominion. 

Mrs.  Diana  Elizabeth  Sinclair  Parker  Jones, 
lineal  descendant  of  Sinclair  Parker  of  Vir- 
ginia, 1630,  and  Major  Charles  Jones,  of 
Maryland,  161 7,  presents  a  silver  napkin  ring, 
engraved  with  crest  of  the  Sinclair  family,  in 
memory  of  her  husband,  Judge  Charles  Dan- 
forth,  of  New  York,  a  descendant  of  the  Dan- 
forths  of  New  England,  1630. 

Mrs.  Nelson  V.  Titus,  regent  of  the  Adams 
Chapter,  Daughters  of  the  Revolution,  presents 
two  handwrought  nails  from  the  old  Adams 
house,  Quincy,  Massachusetts,  built  in  1681. 

Mrs.  Elizabeth  Drummond  Ward,  lineal  de- 
scendant of  Major  Richard  Drummond,  of 
Drummondtown,  Virginia,  a  member  of  the 
House  of  Burgess,  and  one  of  the  great  land 
proprietors  of  the  Dominion,  1619,  presents  a 
very  old  bell  used  on  the  Drummond  planta- 
tion, Accomack,  Virginia,  in  memory  of  her 
family. 

Miss  Ellen  Garnett  Matthews  and  Miss  Mol- 
lie  Virginia  Matthews  each  present  a  piece  of 
jewelry  in  memory  of  their  mother,  Ellen  Hob- 
son  Bagley  of  Scotch  ancestry,  the  wife  of 
Judge  James  Muscoe  Matthews,  a  lineal  de- 
scendant of  Governor  Matthews,  through  the 

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line  of  Rev.  John  Matthews,  of  Matthews 
County,  Virginia. 

Mrs.  Minerva  S.  Wynne,  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Harlan,  lineal  descendant  of  Sir  Robert 
Wynne,  1607,  speaker  of  the  House  of  Burgess, 
a  descendant  of  Sir  Watkins  Wynne  of  Wales. 
The  tombs  of  the  Wynnes  are  in  the  old  Tem- 
ple Church,  London,  one  of  which  dates  back 
to  405 ;  also  a  descendant  of  Governor  Harvey 
of  Jamestown,  and  Governor  Hardy  of  North 
Carolina,  1622,  presents  a  charm,  very  ancient, 
marked  W.  W.,  a  relic  of  Sir  Watkins  Wynne, 
worn  by  Sir  Robert,  in  memory  of  her  husband, 
Robert  Wynne  of  Virginia. 

Gen.  Marcus  J.  Wright,  C.  S.  A.,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C,  a  lineal  descendant  of  John  Wright, 
1630,  James  Wright,  his  cousin,  the  last  colo- 
nial governor  of  Georgia,  presents  a  gold  medal 
in  memory  of  his  father,  Major  John  Wright, 
of  Tennessee,  a  medal  on  which  the  name  of 
John  Wright  is  inscribed. 

Wm.  Henry  Jones,  lineal  descendant  of  Rob- 
ert Jones,  1630,  presents  a  revolutionary  coin 
in  memory  of  his  mother,  Mrs.  Clarissa  Wis- 
sell  Jones,  descendant  of  "a  minute  Man"  of 
Lexington,  Massachusetts. 

Charles  J.  Diggs,  lineal  descendant  of  Gov. 
Edward  Diggs,  son  of  Sir  Dudley  Diggs  of 
Virginia,  presents  an  old  English  coin  of 
early  days  in  memory  of  his  ancestors  of 
Jamestown,  Virginia. 

J.  Harwood  Graves,  lineal  descendant  of 
Ralph  Graves,  1607,  presents  the  ring  of  a  gold 
watch  of  ancient  memories,  of  Petersburg,  Va. 

Rev.  Wm.  B.  Everett,  lineal  descendant  of 
Hon.  Matthew  Tilghman,  1650,  also  closely 
connected  with  Carrolls  of  Carrolton,  presents 

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through  his  daughter  a  silver  fork  of  colonial 
period,  in  memory  of  Rachel  Tilghman,  1650. 

Mrs.  Waldine  Matthews  Zimpleman,  wife  of 
Moritz  O.  Kopperl,  Galveston,  Texas,  lineal 
descendant  of  Governor  Matthews,  of  Virginia, 
presents  a  brass  picture  frame  of  colonial  period 
in  memory  of  her  grandfather,  Thomas  Mat- 
thews of  Texas,  a  native  son  of  Virginia. 

Mrs.  Estelle  Ashby  Johnson,  in  honor  of 
Capt.  William  Ashby,  of  Culpeper,  Va.,  pre- 
sents spoon  used  by  the  First  Minute  Men  of 
Virginia. 

Mr.  Ambler  Morris,  Culpeper,  Va.,  pre- 
sents a  piece  of  the  bell  of  the  First  Baptist 
Church  of  Culpeper,  Va. 

Miss  Clark,  Princeton,  N.  J.,  presents  an 
antique  key. 

Mrs.  Woodrow  Wilson,  Princeton,  N.  J., 
presents  keys  from  Prospect  Hill,  the  home  of 
the  president  of  Princeton  University,  and 
some  brass  from  Nassau  Hall. 

Mrs.  Thomas  D.  Stokes,  Elk  Hill,  Va.,  pre- 
sents plantation  bell  of  Glenarvon,  the  Colonial 
Gait  home. 

Mrs.  Mary  Maury,  a  descendant  of  the  Mau- 
rys  of  Germanna,  presents  old  Colonial  bell, 
in  honor  of  Governor  Spottswood. 

Mr.  Slaughter  Bradford  presents  a  military 
buckle,  in  memory  of  Capt.  Philip  Slaughter, 
of  the  First  Minute  Men  of  Culpeper. 

Brass  knob  from  the  home  of  Gen.  Edward 
Stephens,  which  he  built  after  the  Revolution- 
ary War,  returning  as  the  hero  of  the  Great 
Bridge  battle. 

Mrs.  Catherine  Stark,  of  Culpeper,  Va.,  pre- 
sents a  spoon,  a  relic  of  the  Withers  family. 

Mrs.    Pokahuntas    Green,    Norfolk,    Va.,    a 

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descendant  of  Pocahontas,  a  breastpin,  a  relic 
of  Gen.  John  Mercer,  of  the  American  Revo- 
lution. 

Mr.  John  R.  Norris  presents  a  Mexican  coin, 
given  in  honor  of  the  Ark  and  Dove,  of  Mary- 
land. 

Mrs.  W.  W.  Grant,  of  Denver,  Colo.,  pre- 
sents a  souvenir  coin  in  honor  of  George 
Mason,  of  Gunston  Hall,  and  Hannah  Ball, 
eldest  sister  of  Mary  Ball,  mother  of  George 
Washington,  both  daughters  of  Joseph  Ball,  of 
Epping  Forest. 

Mrs.  Flora  McDonald  Williams,  Louisville, 
Ky.,  presents  a  souvenir  coin  in  honor  of  her 
grandfather,  William  Naylor,  one  of  the 
framers  of  the  Virginia  Constitution  of  1820. 

Brass  rule,  used  by  James  Green  Leach  in 
Charlotte,  N.  C,  presented  as  a  souvenir  of  his 
first  journalistic  work. 

Fanny  Carroll,  of  St.  Mary's  County,  Mary- 
land, presents  a  coin,  given  in  honor  of  Charles 
Carroll  of  Carrollton. 

Mr.  Serrel,  of  Baltimore,  presents  a  piece  of 
metal  from  an  old  Spanish  vessel  of  1684. 

Mr.  Edward  Carter,  Dover,  Del.,  presents  a 
brass  guard  of  a  musket  used  in  the  War  of 
1812. 

Hon.  Robert  I.  Reynolds,  Golden  Ridge, 
Del.,  presents  a  brass  key  used  by  Gov.  Robert 
I.  Reynolds  while  Governor  of  New  Jersey. 

Brass  bracelet  worn  by  Chief  Puyallup, 
Washington  State ;  given  to  Mrs.  Sally  Carter 
Buchanan  to  insure  lasting  friendship  between 
Mrs.  Carter  and  Chief  Puyallup. 

Mrs.  Aimee  C.  Gregg,  Ridley  Park,  Pa., 
presents  copper  coins  of  1700. 

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Mr.  Wilson  Miles  Cary,  of  Baltimore,  pre- 
sents a  piece  of  the  Columbian  Peace  Bell, 
which  went  to  Chicago. 

Mrs.  Mary  Chamberlain,  Princeton,  N.  J., 
presents  some  relics  of  brass  and  nickel  of 
1692. 

Mrs.  Sallie  B.  Carter,  Dover,  Del.,  presents 
buttons  of  Mexican  war,  1846. 

Spur  of  Major  John  Pelham,  Brandy  Sta- 
tion, Virginia. 

Mrs.  Frank  Anthony  Walke,  Norfolk,  Va., 
presents  brass  plaque,  representing  three  rabbis 
solving  the  problem  of  the  Crusaders  from 
Jerusalem. 

Blanche  Buckner  Dove,  descendant  of  the 
Buckner  family,  of  Culpeper,  presents  metal 
mirror  brackets. 

Mrs.  Henry  Walton,  Culpeper,  Va.,  presents 
brass  plaque ;  a  relic  of  the  Wager  family. 

Harriet  Ball,  a  descendant,  presents  brass 
tongs ;  a  relic  of  the  Ball  family. 

Blanche  Maddox,  Culpeper,  Va.,  presents  a 
brass  antique  waiter  of  the  Maddox  family. 

Mrs.  Blankenship,  Richmond,  Va.,  presents  a 
piece  of  the  Virginia  (Merrimac). 

Mr.  Raleigh  T.  Green,  Jr.,  Culpeper,  Va., 
presents  call  bell  of  "Old  Glory." 

Alice  Ashby  Makell  presents  curtain  links, 
from  the  Makell  family  of  Maryland. 

Alice  Ashby  Makell  presents  brass  snuffers 
from  the  Magill  family  of  Maryland. 

Sarah  S.  Miller,  of  New  Jersey,  grand- 
daughter of  Governor  McDowell,  presents 
brass  picture  ring. 

Mrs.  Warren  Coons,  Culpeper,  Va.,  presents 
silver  spoon  of  Judith  James,  of  colonial  days. 

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Mrs.  B.  C.  McCoy  presents  candlestick  from 
battlefield  near  Culpeper,  Va. 

Mrs.  Robert  Matthews,  Culpeper,  Va.,  pre- 
sents a  brass  lock,  relic  of  the  Watkins  family. 

Lucille  Dove  Green  presents  brass  crumb 
waiter,  of  the  old  Cleveland  home  of  the 
Shacklefords  of  Culpeper. 

Mrs.  Enders  Robinson,  Richmond,  Va.,  pre- 
sents nails  from  the  old  Libby  Prison. 

Brass  door  knob  of  Major  Philip  Lightfoot's 
first  home  in  Culpeper,  Va.  Presented  in  honor 
of  the  colonial  family. 

Mrs.  Mary  Gray  Gilkerson,  of  Culpeper 
County,  Virginia,  a  descendant,  presents  brass 
tongs  from  the  old  home  of  Gabriel  Gray. 

Norris  family  presents  a  Confederate  sword 
handle. 

Gen.  Custis  Lee  presents  a  plaque  from 
Damascus. 

Mrs.  William  H.  F.  Lee  presents  metal  coins 
and  pieces  from  Arlington. 

Anne  Sanford  Green,  a  descendant,  presents 
a  spoon,  a  souvenir  of  Col.  Angus  McDonald, 
who  raised  the  first  Colonial  troops  for  Brad- 
dock's  relief  under  Dunmore. 

Mrs.  Mary  Mason  Norris  presents  a  lock 
from  a  bureau  which  her  great-grandmother, 
Mary  Thompson  Mason,,  carried  with  her  to 
West  Farm,  in  Stafford  county,  Virginia,  from 
her  home,  Gunston  Hall,  when  she  became  the 
wife  of  John  Cooke,  she  being  the  eldest  daugh- 
ter of  George  Mason. 

Mrs.  Bayard  Stockton,  of  Morben,  pre- 
sents a  brass  door  plate,  a  relic  of  Richard 
Stockton,  of  Morben,  a  signer  of  the  Declara- 
tion of  Independence. 

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Susan  Preston  Miller  presents  some  brass 
nails  from  a  trunk  once  used  by  Governor  Mc- 
Dowell, of  Virginia,   1795. 

Mrs.  Julia  F.  A.  Jones,  wife  of  William  H. 
Junes,  of  Massachusetts,  contributed  an  old 
English  coin,  a  memory  of  her  mother,  Nancy 
Gordon  Dustin  Rowell,  a  lineal  descendant  of 
Robert  Gordon,  of  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  and 
Paul  Dustin,  an  English  pioneer,  and  wife  of 
Harvey  Adams,  Esquire,  son  of  Benjamin 
Adams  and  Ruth  Wads  worth,  of  Braintree, 
Massachusetts. 

FINIS 

The  Pocahontas  Bell  is  regarded  one  of  the 
most  pleasing  memorials  of  the  Jamestown  Ex- 
position, for  it  is  an  accepted  fact  that  a  nation 
must  look  backward  as  well  as  forward  to 
fulfill  its  mission  as  a  guide  to  progress.  As  a 
disciple  of  this  belief  and  to  invite  a  back- 
ward glance  I  have  written  Memories  of 
Virginia  to  establish  a  Medal  in  memory 
of  Governor  Matthews — Captain  General  un- 
der the  Crown  and  life-elected  Governor 
of  Virginia,  1624-1660,  to  be  presented  as 
a  prize  annually  by  the  College  of  William  and 
Mary  for  the  best  essay  upon  the  Royal  Gov- 
ernment of  Virginia  to  the  date  of  the  Restor- 
ation, the  fund  to  be  presented  "on  the  York 
River,"  Oct.    19,    1907,  our  Day  of  Victory. 

Flora  Adams  Darling,  A.M. 

1907  N  Street,  N.  W. 
Washington,  D.  C. 

June  20,  1907. 

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NOTE. 

The  name  of  Mathew  and  Matthews  is  the  same  in 
Welsh,  English,  American  and  family  history.  In  the 
old  days  "Ap"  signified  "Son  of" — and  surnames  were 
not  adopted  until  1440,  when  Sir  John  Ap  Mathew, 
son  of  David,  adopted  Matthew,  as  spelt  by  St.  Mat- 
thew, and  used  in  the  English  language.  He  was  the 
first  of  the  race  to  settle  in  England,  and  his  descend- 
ants use  two  t's  while  the  family  in  Wales  still  use  one 
t.  Governor  Samuel  suited  his  convenience,  his  name 
spelt  according  to  custom  of  locality.  His  son,  Francis, 
was  educated  in  England  and  passed  down  to  his  de- 
scendants through  Baldwin  the  name  of  Matthews.  His 
son,  Samuel,  who  died  about  the  date  of  his  father, 
Governor  Matthews,  remained  in  this  country,  and 
through  his  son,  Captain  John,  employed  the  name 
Mathew,  but  both  sons  of  the  same  "Ap"  of  Wales  and 
England.  A  cousin,  Thomas,  of  the  same  family  in 
Wales,  settled  in  Ireland,  his  descendant  came  to  this 
country  in  1734,  and  his  branch  took  root  in  Mathews 
County,  Virginia — the  families  intermarried,  but  all 
love  David  of  Wales,  First  Lord  of  Cardingshire,  the 
great  Welshman,  the  eldest  son  of  Mathew  of  Ievan, 
and  one  of  the  most  distinguished  men  of  his  age. 
History  relates  that  when  an  old  man,  as  standard 
bearer  of  the  King  of  Great  Britain,  he  was  in  the  bat- 
tle of  Towton  Palm  Sunday,  1461,  when,  through  valor 
and  heroism,  he  saved  the  life  of  King  Edward  IV. 
"A  wonderful  act  of  courage."  His  tomb  in  the  chapel 
of  St.  Mary's  venerable  cathedral  at  Landaff,  Wales,  is 
ornamented  with  a  life  size  alabaster  statue  and  is  one 
of  the  most  interesting  extant  of  monuments  of  that 
time,  and  has  ever  since  been  the  property  and  burial 
place  of  the  Matthews  of  Wales. 

There  are  many  Coats  of  Arms  and  Mottoes  in  the 
long  line  of  ancestors  from  675,  but  the  old  Welsh 
motto  is  most  beloved : 

"Heb  a  Dim,  Heb  a  Dim  ad  Dhew  a  digon." 
"With  God  everything,  without  God  nothing." 

The  English  branch  employ  the  motto  first  used  by 
Sir  John : 

"Omne  Solum  viro  Patria  est." 
"Every  country  is  native  soil  to  the  hero." 

Governor  Samuel  Mathews  made  this  his  coat  of 
arms.  He  married  the  daughter  of  Sir  Thomas  Hilton, 
his  second  wife,  widow  of  West,  brother  of  Lord  Dela- 
ware, and  naturally  made  English  affiliation  with  Eng- 
land, but  lived  and  died  a  son  of  Wales. 


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